Luca Nevola
Biographic Data
| ID | 179247 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Luca Nevola |
| GIVEN NAMES | Luca |
| FAMILY NAME | Nevola |
| SIGNATURE | NEVOLA L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Milano-Bicocca |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Houthis in the Making
During the autumn of 2012 the Hashemites (sāda) of a hijra I will call Kuthra, located southwest of the capital Sanaa, gradually rephrased their identity in political terms. Over the course of one year, most of them turned into Houthi supporters, prompting an equal and opposite reaction in the Qaḥṭānī Arabs of the village that defiantly adhered to the Islah party. Drawing on extended fieldwork in highland Yemen (2009–2013), this paper tackles ide…
Destiny in hindsight
Zaydis are a Shiite sect, widespread in Highland Yemen, that upholds a doctrine of free will and human accountability. However, in everyday discursive practices, they indulge in a widespread usage of a destiny-related language. Building on this apparent contradiction, this article investigates how social actors give meaning to critical durations of their life through the distinction between qadar and nasib, thus investigating the interplay of int…
Love, Mobile Phones and the Codification of Intimacy in Contemporary Yemen
This article explores practices of ‘remediation’ of love poetry via the mobile phone among countrymen ( qabaʾil ) of the Yemeni highlands. Qabaʾil respond to rejection in love and to failed marriage by venting their passion through poems of the qasida genre. The romantic discourse of qasidas is inherently conservative and provides a cathartic function and a rationalization of loss. This romantic discourse overtly contradicts dominant ideals of ma…
Destiny in hindsight
Zaydis are a Shiite sect, widespread in Highland Yemen, that upholds a doctrine of free will and human accountability. However, in everyday discursive practices, they indulge in a widespread usage of a destiny-related language. Building on this apparent contradiction, this article investigates how social actors give meaning to critical durations of their life through the distinction between qadar and nasib, thus investigating the interplay of int…
Love, Mobile Phones and the Codification of Intimacy in Contemporary Yemen
This article explores practices of ‘remediation’ of love poetry via the mobile phone among countrymen ( qabaʾil ) of the Yemeni highlands. Qabaʾil respond to rejection in love and to failed marriage by venting their passion through poems of the qasida genre. The romantic discourse of qasidas is inherently conservative and provides a cathartic function and a rationalization of loss. This romantic discourse overtly contradicts dominant ideals of ma…
Love, Mobile Phones and the Codification of Intimacy in Contemporary Yemen
This article explores practices of ‘remediation’ of love poetry via the mobile phone among countrymen ( qabaʾil ) of the Yemeni highlands. Qabaʾil respond to rejection in love and to failed marriage by venting their passion through poems of the qasida genre. The romantic discourse of qasidas is inherently conservative and provides a cathartic function and a rationalization of loss. This romantic discourse overtly contradicts dominant ideals of ma…
Destiny in hindsight
Zaydis are a Shiite sect, widespread in Highland Yemen, that upholds a doctrine of free will and human accountability. However, in everyday discursive practices, they indulge in a widespread usage of a destiny-related language. Building on this apparent contradiction, this article investigates how social actors give meaning to critical durations of their life through the distinction between qadar and nasib, thus investigating the interplay of int…
Houthis in the Making
During the autumn of 2012 the Hashemites (sāda) of a hijra I will call Kuthra, located southwest of the capital Sanaa, gradually rephrased their identity in political terms. Over the course of one year, most of them turned into Houthi supporters, prompting an equal and opposite reaction in the Qaḥṭānī Arabs of the village that defiantly adhered to the Islah party. Drawing on extended fieldwork in highland Yemen (2009–2013), this paper tackles ide…
Aesthetics (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Art (2 works) · Islamic Studies and History (2 works) · Law (2 works)