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Counter-Narratives: History, Contemporary Society, and Politics in Saudi Arabia and Yemen
. Ed(S): Al-Rasheed, M; Vitalis, R
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Description for Counter-Narratives: History, Contemporary Society, and Politics in Saudi Arabia and Yemen
hardcover. Editor(s): Al-Rasheed, M; Vitalis, R. Num Pages: 324 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FBXS; 1FBXY; HBJF1; JPFN; JPH; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 28. Weight in Grams: 477.
Saudi Arabia and Yemen are two countries of crucial importance in the Middle East and yet our knowledge about them is highly limited, while typical ways of looking at the histories of these countries have impeded understanding. Counter-Narratives brings together a group of leading scholars of the Middle East using new theoretical and methodological approaches to cross-examine standard stories, whether as told by Westerners or by Saudis and Yemenis, and these are found wanting. The authors assess how grand historical narratives such as those produced by states and colonial powers are currently challenged by multiple historical actors, a process which ... Read more
Saudi Arabia and Yemen are two countries of crucial importance in the Middle East and yet our knowledge about them is highly limited, while typical ways of looking at the histories of these countries have impeded understanding. Counter-Narratives brings together a group of leading scholars of the Middle East using new theoretical and methodological approaches to cross-examine standard stories, whether as told by Westerners or by Saudis and Yemenis, and these are found wanting. The authors assess how grand historical narratives such as those produced by states and colonial powers are currently challenged by multiple historical actors, a process which ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United States
Number of pages
324
Condition
New
Number of Pages
313
Place of Publication
Gordonsville, United States
ISBN
9781403963871
SKU
V9781403963871
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About . Ed(S): Al-Rasheed, M; Vitalis, R
SHEILA CARAPICO University of Richmond, Virginia, USA ABDULAZIZ H. AL-FAHAD Attorney affiliated with Akin, Gump, USA GUIDO WALTER STEINBERG Freie Universitat Berlin, Germany ISA BLUMI New York University, USA JOHN MATTHEW WILLIS New York University, USA GWENN OKRUHLIK University of Arkansas, USA GABRIELE VOM BRUCK University of Edinburgh, UK
Reviews for Counter-Narratives: History, Contemporary Society, and Politics in Saudi Arabia and Yemen
"This volume is an important step in the effort to bring the study of the politics of the Arabian Peninsula into the mainstream of scholarship and to bring the full range of scholarly approaches to the study of the Peninsula. It breaks new ground on both empirical and interpretative levels." - F. Gregory Gause, III, Director of the Middle East ... Read more