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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Princeton University Press
2007
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Table of Contents:
- 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