Yemen Chronicle
An Anthropology of War and Mediation
Farrar Straus & Giroux · Print & ebook · October 3, 2006
In 1979, Steven C. Caton went to a remote area of Yemen to do fieldwork on the famous oral poetry of its tribes.
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- Who it’s for
- For readers interested in ethnographic fieldwork and tribal oral poetry
- Themes
- Ethnographic fieldwork, War and mediation, Modern Arab culture
- Genres
- How Cultures Work, Middle East Travel, Arabian Peninsula History
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In 1979, Steven C. Caton went to a remote area of Yemen to do fieldwork on the famous oral poetry of its tribes. The recent hostage crisis in Iran made life perilous for a young American in the Middle East; worse, he was soon embroiled in a dangerous local conflict and tribal hostilities simmered for months.
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Yemen Chronicle is his extraordinary report both on events that ensued and on the many theoretical—let alone practical—difficulties of doing ethnography in such circumstances. Caton also offers a profound meditation on the political, cultural, and sexual components of modern Arab culture.
Who it’s for
- For readers interested in ethnographic fieldwork and tribal oral poetry
- For readers exploring modern Arab culture and its political dimensions
Where it sits
| Middle East Travel | 49% |
|---|---|
| How Cultures Work | 43% |
| Arabian Peninsula History | 34% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Arabian Peninsula History
- How Cultures Work
- Authors
- Steven C. Caton
- Publisher
- Farrar Straus & Giroux
- Published
- October 3, 2006
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Ethnographic fieldwork · War and mediation · Modern Arab culture
- Reading lane
- Arabian Peninsula History