Syrian episodes sons, fathers, and an anthropologist in Aleppo
When Princeton anthropologist John Borneman arrived in Syria's second-largest city in 2004 as a visiting Fulbright professor, he took up residence in what many consider a "rogue state" on the frontline of a "clash of civilizations" between the Orient and the West. Hoping to...
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| 505 | 0 | |a Chapter I Aleppo 1 --Prayer is better than sleep 1 --Imad's Japanese Girlfriend 7 --Farce 11 -- I would rather have children than fly 13 --Once you love deeply, you never forget 21 --My father says he saves for me 23 --As long as she gets along with me, she will have no problems with my mother 26 --Do you desire your mother? 29 --Traffic, or the Normal Order of Things 31 -- Preparing to Teach 42 --Administrative Pleasantries 43 --But we are homophobic! 52 --So, what do you think of Muslims? 62 --I'd like to be the next president 68 --The religious people see this and hate it, but they cannot turn it off 74 --God will tell us when we have to do something 84 --Kiss Daddy! Kiss Daddy! 88 --Chapter II The Souk 96 --Come into my shop and let me take you 96 -- Do you have a brother? 100 --Ossi oder NorMAL? 103 --The Souk's Logic of Exchange 107 -- Fathers, Sons, Brothers, and Inheritance 112 --Dream Collector 115 --Dream of the Mistress 117 -- How great is my disappointment when I see my dreams breaking down 119 --Every woman thinks I only want to sleep with her 123 --Cell Phone, Cassettes, String Underwear 127 --That is fieldwork! 128 --A father, perhaps a brother 130 --Fathers and Sons 145 --It is a blessing 149 --The Rumor 153 --Chapter III Syria 156 --These are my children 156 --Aleppian Food, in Public 162 --Obtaining an Exit Visa 166 --The Ba'ath Party 169 --Student Radicals 175 --Teaching Anthropology and American Culture 178 --Cat on a Hot Tin Roof 187 --Wild Dog Attack 190 --Chapter IV Reflections on Teaching and Learning in Syria 192 --Pedagogy 192 --Lectures 194 --Films 196 --Coda: January 2006 | |
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