Kressel Let Shepherding Endure

Applied Anthropology and the Preservation of a Cultural Tradition in Israel and the Middle East
1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-0-7914-8646-7
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 233 Seiten

Reihe: SUNY series in Anthropology and Judaic Studies

Addresses how shepherding communities in Israel and the Middle East might be preserved.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kressel, Gideon M.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Nomadic Pastoralists, Agriculturalists, and the State: Self-Sufficiency and Dependence in the Middle East
2. Changes in Land Usage by the Negev Bedouin since the Mid-Nineteenth Century: The Intratribal Perspective
3. Applied Anthropology, Cultural Survival, and New Directions for the Future of the Negev Bedouin
4. Governmental Policies toward the Bedouin
5. Enhancing the Attractiveness of Shepherding
6. Are Shepherds' Villages Viable?
7. Designing a Shepherd's Village
8. Teach the Children of Judah Sheep!: The Crisis of Small Ruminants Breeding
9. Toward a Better Plan of Action
Bibliography
Name Index Subject Index

Über Autor(innen)

Gideon M. Kressel is Professor of Anthropology and Oriental Sciences at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel. He is the author of several books, including Ascendancy Through Aggression: The Anatomy of a Blood Feud Among Urbanized Bedouins and coeditor (with A. Paul Hare) of Israel as Center Stage: A Setting for Social and Religious Enactments.