Overview
- Provides a rare scholarly exploration of tribal, Muslim culture in the Dhofar region of Oman
- Rejects the idea of cultural determinism, investigating instead moments of individuality and choice in a tribal culture
- Articulates the complex relationship between autonomy and community in Gibali tribes
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This book explores how there is latitude for people to make their own choices and how the chances to assert independence change over time in a Muslim, Arab, tribal culture. The book first gives a brief overview of day-to-day life in the Dhofar region of southern Oman, then focuses on how the traits of self-control and self-respect are linked in the everyday actions of several groups of tribes who speak Gibali (Jibbali, also known as Shari/Śḥeret), a non-written, Modern South Arabian language. Although no work can express the totality of a culture, this text describes how Gibalis are constantly shifting between preserving autonomy and signaling membership in family, tribal, and national communities. The work reflects observations and conclusions from over ten years of research into the history and culture of the Dhofar region along with longstanding, deep involvement with both men and women in the Gibali community.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Marielle Risse, Ph.D., has lived and worked in Oman for over 12 years, teaching literature, culture and education at the university level. She has presented at the conferences of the British Society for Middle Eastern Studies, Middle Eastern Studies Association, Royal Geographical Society, British Foundation for the Study of Arabia, American Comparative Literature Association, and the Modern Language Association. Her work has been published in the Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies, Pedagogy, Journeys, Ariel, Interdisciplinary Humanities, The Chronicle of Higher Education, and The Washington Post.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Community and Autonomy in Southern Oman
Authors: Marielle Risse
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-17004-2
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-17003-5Published: 08 July 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-17006-6Published: 14 August 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-17004-2Published: 21 June 2019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXVII, 266
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 2 illustrations in colour
Topics: Social Anthropology, Ethnography, Cultural Anthropology, Middle Eastern Culture