{"product_id":"the-modern-middle-east-people-culture-and-everyday-life-9781626618022","title":"The Modern Middle East: People, Culture, and Everyday Life","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Ozan Say\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Cognella Academic Publishing\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Cognella Academic Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Modern Middle East: People, Culture, and Everyday Life\u003c\/i\u003e introduces readers to the history and cultures of the peoples of the contemporary Middle East. It deals with common misconceptions and stereotypes and provides in-depth perspectives of everyday life in the region. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e After addressing the history and geography of the region, the book supplies ethnographic accounts of social groups, family, gender and sexuality, religion, politics, and popular culture. This reader provides an opportunity to engage with topics that are new to most students such as family courts in Iran, the story of a woman traveling in her hijab, and the life of a transgendered Muslim woman. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Rather than rendering dry information or relying on outdated examples, this reader offers contemporary, relevant, and ethnographic account of the Middle East and contributes to larger debates about modernity, globalization, power, and knowledge. The reader can be used in courses on the history of the region, Middle Eastern anthropology, and introductory ethnic studies. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eOzan Say\u003c\/b\u003e earned his Ph.D. in folklore and ethnomusicology at Indiana University, and is now an international student adviser in the Office of International Students and Scholars at Yale University. Dr. Say's numerous research interests include Middle Eastern culture and politics, folklore, ritual and festival, vernacular religion, and migration and transnationalism.\"","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46485668135063,"sku":"9781626618022","price":15897.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781626618022.jpg?v=1766327670","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-modern-middle-east-people-culture-and-everyday-life-9781626618022","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}