Tournaments of Value

Tournaments of Value Sociability and Hierarchy in a Yemeni Town - Anthropological Horizons S.

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Publisher's Synopsis

Meneley provides an examination of the reliance of Yemeni men on their female kin to establish, maintain, and increase the family's honor in the eyes of the community by exchanging hospitality. The author incorporates vignettes drawn from research carried out in the town of Zabid in the Republic of Yemen in 1989-90 and includes modest (of course) b

Book information

ISBN: 9780802008831
Publisher: University of Toronto Press Inc.
Imprint: University of Toronto Press Inc.
Pub date:
DEWEY: 301
Language: English
Number of pages: 248
Weight: 511g
Height: 152mm
Width: 229mm
Spine width: 25mm