All Things Arabia : : Arabian Identity and Material Culture / / edited by Ileana Baird and Hülya Yagcioglu.
"By employing the innovative lenses of thing theory and material culture studies, this collection brings together essays focused on the role played by Arabia's things from-cultural objects to commodities to historical and ethnographic artifacts to imaginary things-in creating an Arabian id...
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| Superior document: | Arts and Archaeology of the Islamic World Series ; Volume 16 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden, The Netherlands : : Koninklijke Brill NV,, [2021] ©2021 |
| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
| Edition: | First edition. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Arts and archaeology of the Islamic world ;
Volume 16. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xv, 269 pages) :; illustrations (chiefly color), maps (some color). |
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| Summary: | "By employing the innovative lenses of thing theory and material culture studies, this collection brings together essays focused on the role played by Arabia's things from-cultural objects to commodities to historical and ethnographic artifacts to imaginary things-in creating an Arabian identity over time. The Arabian identity that we convey here comprises both a fabulous Arabia that has haunted the European imagination for the past three hundred years and a real Arabia that has had its unique history, culture, and traditions outside the Orientalized narratives of the West. All Things Arabia aims to dispel existing stereotypes and stimulate new thinking about an area whose patterns of trade and cosmopolitanism have pollinated the world with lasting myths, knowledge, and things of beauty"-- |
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| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9004435921 |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | edited by Ileana Baird and Hülya Yagcioglu. |