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Culture and customs of Jordan
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Culture and customs of Jordan

Author: John A Shoup
Publisher: Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2007.
Series: Culture and customs of the Middle East
Edition/Format: Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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From the Publisher: After a solid overview of the land, people, and history in Chapter 1, Chapter 2 covers religion. Jordan is still a conservative Muslim state, with a Sunni Muslim majority, that retains good relations with its citizens of other faiths. The discussion of literature and media in Chapter 3 emphasizes the pan-Arabic tradition. In Chapter 4, architecture, art, and traditional crafts in Jordan are shown  Read more...
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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: John A Shoup
ISBN: 0313336717 9780313336713
OCLC Number: 71812662
Description: xxv, 131 p., [12] p. of plates : ill., map ; 25 cm.
Contents: Series foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Chronology -- 1: Land, people, and history of Jordan -- 2: Religion and world view -- 3: Literature and media -- 4: Architecture, art, and traditional crafts -- 5: Traditional cuisine and costume -- 6: Gender, marriage, and family -- 7: Social customs and lifestyle -- 8: Music and dance -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index.
Series Title: Culture and customs of the Middle East
Responsibility: John A. Shoup.
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From the Publisher: After a solid overview of the land, people, and history in Chapter 1, Chapter 2 covers religion. Jordan is still a conservative Muslim state, with a Sunni Muslim majority, that retains good relations with its citizens of other faiths. The discussion of literature and media in Chapter 3 emphasizes the pan-Arabic tradition. In Chapter 4, architecture, art, and traditional crafts in Jordan are shown to be linked to the history of the country and its religious and ethnic diversity. In Chapter 5, the cuisine and culture reveal inspiration from the region of Greater Syria. In the Gender, Marriage, and Family chapter, Shoup looks at the conservative and powerful family and changing women's roles. Highlighted in the Social Customs chapter are the topics of honor, shame, and respect, social clubs, and more on women's roles in the middle class. A final chapter on Music and Dance covers everything from their Bedouin roots to Arab rap.

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