SOAN 285: Culture and Power in the Middle East
SOAN 285: Culture and Power in the Middle East
Syllabus
Course Reserves
Course Slides
Office Hours
FMOOWMP
Syllabus Readings
Eickelman: Anthropology, The Middle East...
Said: Orientalism
Coon: Caravan
Orwell: Marrakech
The Onion: My Moroccan Neighbors
Eisenstadt: Tribal Engagement
Ethnographies of Palestine / Israel
Supplementary Materials
Gilsenan: An Anthropologist's Introduction
Asad: Anthropology of Islam
Shenoda, Public Christianity
Hallowed Ground: National and Otherwise
Maddy-Weitzman: Berbers and Israel
Combs-Shilling: Segmentary Debate
Palestinian / Israeli Solidarity Organizations
MENA Studies Symposium
Music /Recitation
Bayblone (Algeria)
Mohamed Rouchia (Morocco)
Nas El Ghiwane (Morocco)
Oum Kulthum (Egypt)
Idir (Algeria)
Quranic Recitation: Morocco
Quranic Recitaion: Indonesia
Rosh Hashana Recitation: Morocco
Reading Post / Facilitator Sign-Up
Reading Posts
Presentation / Discussion Slides
MENA in the Media Slides
Resources
Research Resources
The Comparative Essay
Arab Media & Society
MERIP
Films / Videos / Audio
A Little for My Heart and a Little for My God
Reel Bad Arabs
The Rabbi's Cat (Le Chat du Rabbin)
Capernaum
The Swimmers
The Idea of Islam Today: Asad
Edward Said on Orientalism
El Moulid
Mystic River
Eight Mile 1
Eight Mile 2