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Wāsiṭa in a Lebanese context : social exchange among villagers and outsiders / by Frederick Charles Huxley.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Huxley, Frederick Charles, author.
- Series:
- Anthropological papers (University of Michigan. Museum of Anthropology) ; no. 64.
- Anthropological papers ; no. 64
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Social exchange.
- Wāsiṭah.
- Bārūk (Lebanon)--Social life and customs.
- Bārūk (Lebanon).
- Wāsiṭah--Lebanon.
- Social exchange--Case studies.
- Ethnology--Lebanon.
- Ethnology.
- Lebanon.
- Lebanon--Social life and customs.
- Manners and customs.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Case studies.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (x, 174 pages, 3 unnumbered leaves of plates) : illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- Ann Arbor, Michigan : University of Michigan Museum of Anthropological Archaeology, [1978]
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- In the 1970s, Frederick Charles Huxley conducted fieldwork in the Lebanese village of Barouk to investigate the social process called wasita: a term that means, roughly, intermediary or mediation. He explains the geography and history of Lebanon as they relate to the country's social diversity, and argues for further examination of wasita as a process that operates on and between levels of society in economic, political, and social contexts. Following a detailed description of his ethnographic research, he discusses the importance of a better understanding of wasita in the context of the Lebanese civil war.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-174).
- Description based on information from the publisher.
- ISBN:
- 9781951519070
- 1951519078
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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