Wasita in a Lebanese Context
Social Exchange among Villagers and Outsiders
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23522173 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Frederick Charles Huxley |
| Year | 1978 |
| Publication date | 1978-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | BOOK |
| Venue | Wasita in a Lebanese Context (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | U OF M MUSEUM ANTHRO ARCHAEOLOGY (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.3998/mpub.11395436 |
| OpenAlex | W578572431 |
| ISBN | 9780932206626 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
In the 1970s, Frederick Charles Huxley conducted fieldwork in the Lebanese village of Barouk to investigate the social process called wasita: a term that means, roughly, intermediary or mediation. He explains the geography and history of Lebanon as they relate to the country's social diversity, and argues for further examination of wasita as a process that operates on and between levels of society in economic, political, and social contexts. Following a detailed description of his ethnographic research, he discusses the importance of a better understanding of wasita in the context of the Lebanese civil war.
Archaeology · Civil society · Context (archaeology) · Diversity (politics) · Ethnography · Mediation · Political science · Politics · Social science · Sociology · Anthropology · History · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Law · Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts · Middle East Politics and Society
| Citations per year | 0.07 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1983 - 2020 (38) |
| Highly cited | No |