Description
Book SynopsisThe first modern ethnographic portrait of the Ma'aza Bedouins.
Trade Review"[Bedouin Life] succeeds handsomely as a humanist study: beliefs, values, folklore, ethnobiology are nicely treated and the natural habitat is described with a geographer's sensitive eye. It is the best book to date with respect to describing how Bedouin perceive their environment and manage their resources... The book is a fine contribution to Middle East studies, cultural geography, arid lands ecology, and to the ethnographic literature on the Bedouins." Choice "The picture the author provides of the Khushmaan's relation to their land and its scattered riches is convincing... Anthropologists, geographers, and even archaeologists all will find material here to interest them." Middle East Journal
Table of Contents
- Foreword by Leo Tregenza
- Preface
- Introduction
- 1. The Desert and Its People
- 2. Nomads and Neighbors
- 3. A Desert Livelihood
- 4. Belongings and Beliefs
- 5. The Bedouin Landscape
- 6. A Bedouin Natural History
- 7. Conservation and Conservatism
- Conclusion
- Appendix I. Bedouin, Latin, and English Plant and Animal Names
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
