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Explores the transition from oral to written history that is taking place in tribal Jordan, a transition that reveals the many ways in which modernity, literate historicity, and national identity are developing in the contemporary Middle East. This book discusses the substance of tribal history through the eyes of its creators.

Table of Contents
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction

1. WRITING ORAL HISTORIES
2. A CITY OF SHADOWY OUTLINES
3. REMEMBERING THE SWORD AND LANCE
4. DOCUMENTATION AND THE WAR OF WORDS
5. BORDER CROSSINGS
6. FROM HEARSAY TO REVELATION
7. PUBLICATION AND THE REDISTRIBUTION OF POWER
8. POPULAR GENEALOGICAL NATIONALISM

Appendix A: Transliterations of 'Abbadi and 'Adwani Poems
Appendix B: The Parliamentary Elections of :1989

Bibliography
Index

Nationalism and the Genealogical Imagination

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    Publisher: University of California Press
    Publication Date: 2/12/1997 12:00:00 AM
    ISBN13: 9780520201019, 978-0520201019
    ISBN10: 0520201019
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    Description

    Book Synopsis
    Explores the transition from oral to written history that is taking place in tribal Jordan, a transition that reveals the many ways in which modernity, literate historicity, and national identity are developing in the contemporary Middle East. This book discusses the substance of tribal history through the eyes of its creators.

    Table of Contents
    List of Illustrations
    Acknowledgments
    Introduction

    1. WRITING ORAL HISTORIES
    2. A CITY OF SHADOWY OUTLINES
    3. REMEMBERING THE SWORD AND LANCE
    4. DOCUMENTATION AND THE WAR OF WORDS
    5. BORDER CROSSINGS
    6. FROM HEARSAY TO REVELATION
    7. PUBLICATION AND THE REDISTRIBUTION OF POWER
    8. POPULAR GENEALOGICAL NATIONALISM

    Appendix A: Transliterations of 'Abbadi and 'Adwani Poems
    Appendix B: The Parliamentary Elections of :1989

    Bibliography
    Index

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