SOAN 285: Culture and Power in the Middle East - Fall 2021
Syllabus
Schedule
Course Reserves
Slides
Mass Media Posts
Reading Annotations
Office Hours
Readings
Denny, Frederick
Maddy-Weitzman, Berbers and Israel
Said, Orientalism
Orwell, Marrakech
The Onion: My Moroccan Neighbors
Coon: Caravan
Combs-Shilling: Segmentary Debate
Gilsenan, An Anthropologist's Introduction
Eisenstadt, Tribal Engagement
Deeb and Winegar
Asad, Anthropology of Islam
Shenoda, Public Christianity
Hallowed Ground: National and Otherwise
Discussion Leads / Media PostComparative Book Review
Films / Videos
The Rabbi's Cat (Le Chat du Rabbin)
Reel Bad Arabs
A Little for My Heart and a Little for My God
The Idea of Islam Today: Asad
Edward Said on Orientalism
El Moulid
Moroccan Quran Recitation
Mystic River