Description: Contributors include established and emerging scholars known for the depth and quality of their ethnographic writing and for their interventions in current theory.
Review Quotes:
"The first attempt in many years to bring together anthropologists working in the Middle East and North Africa, and to publish their work together. The volume is unique and should have a wide readership in MENA anthropology and beyond."--Marcia C. Inhorn, Yale University
"[T]his volume is a valuable contribution to the general field of anthropology of the Middle East and North Africa. . . . Recommended."--Choice
"This volume is a good addition to the anthropological body of work on the region."--Social Anthropology
"Spanning audiences of undergraduates, graduates and established researchers, this volume will be an extremely useful reference point for scholars of the MENA region, in anthropology and beyond."--African Studies Bulletin
"The volume, including its comprehensive bibliography, will benefit students of Middle East studies looking to see how anthropology contributes to the study of the region. Anthropology students will find theoretical topics germane not only to the region but also to broader anthropological conversations. Readers will also enjoy the fine ethnography that drives these major theoretical trajectories in the anthropology of the Middle East and North Africa."--Review of Middle East Studies
" Anthropology of the Middle East is a remarkable contribution to the field."--Anthropology of Contemporary Middle East and Central Eurasia