Syrian episodes : sons, fathers, and an anthropologist in Aleppo / John Borneman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Borneman, John, 1952-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethnology--Syria--Aleppo.

Ethnology.

Kinship--Syria--Aleppo.

Kinship.

Patriarchy--Syria--Aleppo.

Patriarchy.

Fathers and sons--Syria--Aleppo.

Fathers and sons.

Philosophy, Arab.

Aleppo (Syria)--Social life and customs.

Aleppo (Syria).

Syria--Aleppo.

Physical Description:

xxviii, 236 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2007]

Contents:

Chapter I Aleppo 1

"Prayer is better than sleep" 1

Imad's Japanese Girlfriend 7

Farce 11

"I would rather have children than fly" 13

"Once you love deeply, you never forget" 21

"My father says he saves for me" 23

"As long as she gets along with me, she will have no problems with my mother" 26

"Do you desire your mother?" 29

Traffic, or the Normal Order of Things 31

Preparing to Teach 42

Administrative Pleasantries 43

"But we are homophobic!" 52

"So, what do you think of Muslims?" 62

"I'd like to be the next president" 68

"The religious people see this and hate it, but they cannot turn it off" 74

"God will tell us when we have to do something" 84

"Kiss Daddy! Kiss Daddy!" 88

Chapter II The Souk 96

"Come into my shop and let me take you" 96

"Do you have a brother?" 100

"Ossi oder NorMAL?" 103

The Souk's Logic of Exchange 107

Fathers, Sons, Brothers, and Inheritance 112

Dream Collector 115

Dream of the Mistress 117

"How great is my disappointment when I see my dreams breaking down" 119

"Every woman thinks I only want to sleep with her" 123

Cell Phone, Cassettes, String Underwear 127

"That is fieldwork!" 128

"A father, perhaps a brother" 130

Fathers and Sons 145

"It is a blessing" 149

The Rumor 153

Chapter III Syria 156

"These are my children" 156

Aleppian Food, in Public 162

Obtaining an Exit Visa 166

The Ba'ath Party 169

Student Radicals 175

Teaching Anthropology and American Culture 178

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof 187

Wild Dog Attack 190

Chapter IV Reflections on Teaching and Learning in Syria 192

Pedagogy 192

Lectures 194

Films 196

Coda: January 2006 200.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [225]-231) and index.

ISBN:

9780691128870

0691128871

OCLC:

70335142

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