Bedouins of Qatar

From: Domes | Date: February 28, 1995| Author: | Copyright information

Roberta L. Dougherty
Domes
02-28-1995
Bedouins of Qatar.

Bedouins of Qatar is a time capsule. It presents research performed thirty-five years ago which the author himself recognizes as "out of step with modern trends in ethnography" (p. 29). Its detailed description of Qatari Bedouin life, literally right down to the underwear, smacks of old-fashioned Orientalism. The book gives us an encyclopedic presentation of the life of these people through minute examination of their material culture and the ways of life associated with their artifacts. The team of Danish researchers, however, spoke no ...

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