Becoming Arab : the formation of Arab identity in the medieval Middle East / Yossef Rapoport.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rapoport, Yossef, 1968- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Arabs--Middle East--Ethnic identity.

Arabs.

Clans--Middle East--History.

Clans.

Villages--Middle East--History.

Villages.

Middle East--History.

Middle East.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 358 pages) : illustrations, maps

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Formation of Arab identity in the medieval Middle East

Place of Publication:

Princeton ; Oxford : Princeton University Press, [2025]

Summary:

How late medieval Middle Eastern peasants adopted Arab cultural identities and formed village clans During the later Middle Ages, peasants in Egypt and Greater Syria came to view themselves as members of Arab clans that had originated in the Arabian Peninsula.

Contents:

Introduction

Part I. Arab Protector Elites, 1000-1200

1. Protection, Tax Collection, and Rural Elites, 960-1070

2. The Rural Arabs of the Twelfth Century: 'Urbān and Beduini

Part II. Arab Village Clans, 1200-1450

3. Village Clans in the Fayyum, 1245

4. The Village Clans of the Palestinian Highlands

5. Administrative Categories and Self-Identity

Part III. Markers of Arab Identity

6. Arab Speech, Arab Dress, and Handmade Wares

7. Popular Epics and Arab Identity

Part IV. Village Clans and Rural Revolts

8. The Syrian Blood Feuds of Qays and Yaman

9. The Great Arab Rebellions, 1250-1350

10. Arab Ruling Families in the Egyptian Provinces, 1350-1517

Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-691-27631-5

OCLC:

1479716824