Islam, memory, and morality in Yemen : ruling families in transition /
Gabriele vom Bruck.
- xix, 348 pages : illustrations, map ; 21 cm.
- Contemporary anthropology of religion .
- Contemporary anthropology of religion. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 310-331) and index.
Introduction: Locating Memory: The Politics of Incorporation and Differentiation -- Framings -- The House of the Prophet -- The Zaydi Elite during the 20th Century Imamate -- The Anatomy of Houses -- Growing to be `Alid -- Snapshots of Childhood -- Performing Kinship -- Self-Fashioning in the Idiom of Tradition -- The Politics of Motherhood -- Marriage in the Age of Revolution -- The Moral Economy of Taste -- Engaging Difference -- Defining through Defaming -- Memory, Trauma, Self identification -- History through the Looking-Glass -- Conclusion: Frontiers of Memory -- Appendices. Part I. Part II. Part III. Part IV.
"This book tells a story of a Yemeni hereditary elite that was overthrown in the 1962 revolution in North Yemen, after enjoying exclusive rights to the leadership of the Imamate, the religiously sanctioned state for over a millennium. Rather than concentrating on recent political history, this book highlights the personal predicament of those targeted by the revolution. What is their sense of "past" and "self" in a transformed political setting where in some respects the mark of distinction has become a mark of disrepute? Focusing on the cultural politics of memory, the book explores how--in making sense of their current lives and formulating responses to adversity--members of the elite remember."--Publisher description.
1403966648 9781403966643 1403966656 9781403966650
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Zaydīyah--History--Yemen (Republic)
Yemen (Republic)--History Yemen (Republic)--Kings and rulers