Andrew J Shryock
Biographic Data
| ID | 176972 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Andrew J Shryock |
| GIVEN NAMES | Andrew J |
| FAMILY NAME | Shryock |
| SIGNATURE | SHRYOCK A J |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 23 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1988 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
New Images of Arab Detroit: Seeing Otherness and Identity through the Lens of September 11
Tribaliser » la Nation, « nationaliser » la Tribu: Politique de l’histoire chez les Bédouins de la Balqa’, en Jordanie
Writing Oral History in Tribal Jordan: Developments on the Margins of Literature Culture
Alors qu'un membre de la tribu adwan du centre de la Jordanie s'efforce d'adapter son histoire tribale orale aux formes ecrites, il realise que les traditions orales resistent au pouvoir assimilateur du « capitalisme de l'imprimerie »
Popular Genealogical Nationalism: History Writing and Identity among the Balga Tribes of Jordan
The proprietors of Amman's publishing houses do a brisk trade in books about politics and religion. They have also, in recent years, begun to profit from the growing demand for 'tribal literature.' This new market, which emerged in the late 1970s, expanded greatly in the 1980s. It includes folkloric monographs (al ʿAbbadi 1989; al-ʿUzayzi 1984), genealogical compendia (Abu Khusa 1989), Bedouin poetry (al-ʿUzayzi 1991), introductions to tribal law…
The Rise of Nasir Al-Nims: A Tribal Commentary on Being and Becoming a Shaykh
This article examines local conceptions of shaykhly authority among Near Eastern tribes-people. Special attention is given to the personal history of Nasir al-Nims, a shaykh of the Murad tribe in North Yemen. The story of Nasir's rise to prominence, told by his grandson, is recounted and analyzed. A close study of this narrative reveals (1) patterns which recur frequently in the lives of shaykhs, (2) the structural conditions in which shaykhs of …
Autonomy, Entanglement, and the Feud: Prestige Structures and Gender Values in Highland Albania
Ortner and Whitehead's treatment ofgender constructs as elements of structures is used to interpret the gender system that prevailed among the Gheg tribes ofNorth Albania in the early decades ofthis century. It is argued that Albanian gender ideas were informed by the tension separating values of autonomy and entanglement, and that these values assumed particular meaning within a 'prestige structure ofhonor and thefeud. Honor is depicted as a sem…
New Images of Arab Detroit: Seeing Otherness and Identity through the Lens of September 11
Autonomy, Entanglement, and the Feud: Prestige Structures and Gender Values in Highland Albania
Ortner and Whitehead's treatment ofgender constructs as elements of structures is used to interpret the gender system that prevailed among the Gheg tribes ofNorth Albania in the early decades ofthis century. It is argued that Albanian gender ideas were informed by the tension separating values of autonomy and entanglement, and that these values assumed particular meaning within a 'prestige structure ofhonor and thefeud. Honor is depicted as a sem…
Popular Genealogical Nationalism: History Writing and Identity among the Balga Tribes of Jordan
The proprietors of Amman's publishing houses do a brisk trade in books about politics and religion. They have also, in recent years, begun to profit from the growing demand for 'tribal literature.' This new market, which emerged in the late 1970s, expanded greatly in the 1980s. It includes folkloric monographs (al ʿAbbadi 1989; al-ʿUzayzi 1984), genealogical compendia (Abu Khusa 1989), Bedouin poetry (al-ʿUzayzi 1991), introductions to tribal law…
The Rise of Nasir Al-Nims: A Tribal Commentary on Being and Becoming a Shaykh
This article examines local conceptions of shaykhly authority among Near Eastern tribes-people. Special attention is given to the personal history of Nasir al-Nims, a shaykh of the Murad tribe in North Yemen. The story of Nasir's rise to prominence, told by his grandson, is recounted and analyzed. A close study of this narrative reveals (1) patterns which recur frequently in the lives of shaykhs, (2) the structural conditions in which shaykhs of …
Writing Oral History in Tribal Jordan: Developments on the Margins of Literature Culture
Alors qu'un membre de la tribu adwan du centre de la Jordanie s'efforce d'adapter son histoire tribale orale aux formes ecrites, il realise que les traditions orales resistent au pouvoir assimilateur du « capitalisme de l'imprimerie »
Autonomy, Entanglement, and the Feud: Prestige Structures and Gender Values in Highland Albania
Ortner and Whitehead's treatment ofgender constructs as elements of structures is used to interpret the gender system that prevailed among the Gheg tribes ofNorth Albania in the early decades ofthis century. It is argued that Albanian gender ideas were informed by the tension separating values of autonomy and entanglement, and that these values assumed particular meaning within a 'prestige structure ofhonor and thefeud. Honor is depicted as a sem…
The Rise of Nasir Al-Nims: A Tribal Commentary on Being and Becoming a Shaykh
This article examines local conceptions of shaykhly authority among Near Eastern tribes-people. Special attention is given to the personal history of Nasir al-Nims, a shaykh of the Murad tribe in North Yemen. The story of Nasir's rise to prominence, told by his grandson, is recounted and analyzed. A close study of this narrative reveals (1) patterns which recur frequently in the lives of shaykhs, (2) the structural conditions in which shaykhs of …
Tribaliser » la Nation, « nationaliser » la Tribu: Politique de l’histoire chez les Bédouins de la Balqa’, en Jordanie
Writing Oral History in Tribal Jordan: Developments on the Margins of Literature Culture
Alors qu'un membre de la tribu adwan du centre de la Jordanie s'efforce d'adapter son histoire tribale orale aux formes ecrites, il realise que les traditions orales resistent au pouvoir assimilateur du « capitalisme de l'imprimerie »
Popular Genealogical Nationalism: History Writing and Identity among the Balga Tribes of Jordan
The proprietors of Amman's publishing houses do a brisk trade in books about politics and religion. They have also, in recent years, begun to profit from the growing demand for 'tribal literature.' This new market, which emerged in the late 1970s, expanded greatly in the 1980s. It includes folkloric monographs (al ʿAbbadi 1989; al-ʿUzayzi 1984), genealogical compendia (Abu Khusa 1989), Bedouin poetry (al-ʿUzayzi 1991), introductions to tribal law…
New Images of Arab Detroit: Seeing Otherness and Identity through the Lens of September 11
Art (4 works) · History (4 works) · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies (4 works) · Law (3 works) · Literature (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Archaeology and Historical Studies (2 works) · History (2 works) · Law (2 works)