TY  - BOOK
AU  - Vom Bruck,Gabriele
TI  - Islam, memory, and morality in Yemen: ruling families in transition 
T2  - Contemporary anthropology of religion
SN  - 1403966648
AV  - DS247.Y45 V66 2005
U1  - 953.3 22
PY  - 2005///
CY  - New York
PB  - Palgrave Macmillan
KW  - Zaydīyah
KW  - Yemen (Republic)
KW  - History
KW  - Kings and rulers
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 310-331) and index; Introduction: Locating Memory: The Politics of Incorporation and Differentiation --; Part I; Framings --; The House of the Prophet --; The Zaydi Elite during the 20th Century Imamate --; The Anatomy of Houses --; Part II; Growing to be `Alid --; Snapshots of Childhood --; Performing Kinship --; Part III; Self-Fashioning in the Idiom of Tradition --; The Politics of Motherhood --; Marriage in the Age of Revolution --; The Moral Economy of Taste --; Part IV; Engaging Difference --; Defining through Defaming --; Memory, Trauma, Self identification --; History through the Looking-Glass --; Conclusion: Frontiers of Memory --; Appendices
N2  - "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
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0618/2004052433-b.html
ER  -