Tournaments of value : sociability and hierarchy in a Yemeni town
- Title
- Tournaments of value : sociability and hierarchy in a Yemeni town / Anne Meneley.
- Published by
- Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [1996], ©1996.
- Author
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Details
- Description
- xiv, 216 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map; 24 cm.
- Series statement
- Anthropological horizons
- Uniform title
- Anthropological horizons.
- Subject
- Social status > Yemen (Republic) > Zabīd
- Zabīd (Yemen) > Social life and customs
- Women > Yemen (Republic) > Zabīd > Social conditions
- Femmes > Yémen > Zabīd > Conditions sociales
- Social interaction > Yemen (Republic) > Zabīd
- Interaction sociale > Yémen > Zabīd
- Statut social > Yémen > Zabīd
- Zabīd (Yémen) > Moeurs et coutumes
- Contents
- 1. Going Out in Zabid -- 2. Tournaments of Value -- 3. The Bayt: Family and Household -- 4. Achieving Virtue through Modesty -- 5. Distinction and Display in the Visiting Scene -- 6. Moments of Consequence: Weddings and Mourning Ceremonies -- 7. Personhood, Emotion, and Hierarchy -- 8. Moral Worth and Piety in Everyday Life -- Conclusion: The Rise and Fall of Families.
- Owning institution
- Columbia University Libraries
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-211) and index.