{"product_id":"yemen-chronicle-paperback","title":"Yemen Chronicle: An Anthropology of War and Mediation - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSteven C. Caton\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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. \u003ci\u003eYemen\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eChronicle \u003c\/i\u003eis 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSteven C. Caton\u003c\/b\u003e, a professor of anthropology at Harvard University and director of its Center for Middle Eastern Studies, is the author of \u003ci\u003eLawrence of Arabia: A Film's Anthropology\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 03, 2006\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42130991972487,"sku":"9780809098828","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/ff4e04ced31d86d011f613e54c65a659.webp?v=1732615430","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/yemen-chronicle-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}