Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource
Series Statement:
eHRAF World Cultures
Keywords:
Bedouins
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Bedouins--Saudi Arabia--Social life and customs
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Bedouins--Kuwait--Social life and customs
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Saudi Arabia--Social life and customs
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Kuwait--Social life and customs
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Beduine
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Beduine
Abstract:
This collection of five documents and a culture summary, all in English, cover historical and cultural information from about late-1880s to early 2000s. Two documents date back to the first quarters of the 20th century when most of the area was ruled by European colonialists. One is a chapter from a handbook compiled by the intelligence division of the British Navy, the other is a book written by H. R. P. Dickson, a British political agent who worked in Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and Iraq in 1920s-1930s. Dickson's book provides a first hand account of Bedouin culture and society including the physical environment, material culture, seasonal movements, organization of tribes and lineages, cultural norms relating to visiting and hospitality, folklore, religious beliefs and practices, warfare, and inter-community relations. The remainder of the collection consists of three articles, all by professional anthropologists. Two discuss indigenous conflict resolution practices with particular emphasis on blood feuds and cattle raiding. The remaining article explores the effects of a wide variety of external and internal factors, notably colonialism, commercialization of pastoral production, occupational change and sedentarization, on Bedouin culture and identity. The Bedouin are Arabic-speaking people who earn their living primarily from animal husbandry by natural graze and browse of sheep, goats, and camels. Traditionally, the Bedouin lived in tents, formed scattered camping units that seasonally migrated over a vast area of the Middle East and North Africa influenced by availability of pasture and water. This way of life and social organization has been significantly affected by the creation of nation-states in the 20th century and the establishment national boundaries across customary migration routes. As a consequence, the Bedouin have begun to engage in new activities including tourism, commerce and wage labor
Note:
Culture summary: Bedouin - Dawn Chatty and William Young - 2009 -- - The Arab of the desert: a glimpse into Badawin life in Kuwait and Sau'di Arabia - by H. R. P. Dickson - 1951 -- - The Bedouin tribes: chapter 3 - Compiled by the Geographical Section of the Naval Intelligence Division, Naval Staff, Admiralty - 1920 -- - Where have the Bedouin gone? - Donald P. Cole - 2003 -- - Settlement of violence in Bedouin society - Sulayman N. Khalaf - 1990 -- - Camel raiding of north Arabian Bedouin: a mechanism of ecological adaptation - Louise E. Sweet - 1965
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