Sect and House in Syria

History, Architecture, andBaytAmongst the Druze in Jaramana

Bibliographic Data

ID2156325
AuthorsA Maria A Kastrinou, Maria Kastrinou (0000-0001-9976-7241, Durham University, corresponding author)
Year2014
Volume25
Issue3
Pages313-335
Publication date2014-05-27
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueHistory and Anthropology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0275-7206 • E-ISSN: 1477-2612
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/02757206.2013.878713
OpenAlexW2036962222
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited46

This paper explores the connections between the architecture and materiality of houses and the social idiom of bayt (house, family). The ethnographic exploration is located in the Druze village of Jaramana, on the outskirts of the Syrian capital Damascus. It traces the histories, genealogies, and politics of two families, bayt Abud-Haddad and bayt Ouward, through their houses. By exploring the two families and the architecture of their houses, this paper provides a detailed ethnographic account of historical change in modern Syria, internal diversity, and stratification within the intimate social fabric of the Druze neighbourhood at a time of war, and contributes a relational approach to the anthropological understanding of houses

Archaeology · Blessing · Ethnography · Ethnology · Genealogy · Generosity · Gratitude · Political science · Politics · Population · Portrait · Sociology · Wish · Anthropology · Archaeology and Historical Studies · Demography · History · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Law · Middle East Politics and Society · Architecture

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