Author: FERNEA, ELIZABETH WARNOCK
Title: Guests of the Sheik an Ethnography of an Iraqi Village
Description: New York: Anchor, 1989. Thirty-First Printing; Paperback. ISBN: 0385014856. B&W Map; 8.10 X 5.20 X 1 inches; 346 pages; Soft cover has black spine with orange and blue lettering. Cover has light rubbing/scuffing/bumping. Pages are clean and tight. Illustrated with a 2 page b/w map. Originally printed in 1965. A delightful, well-written, and vastly informative ethnographic study, this is an account of Fernea's two-year stay in a tiny rural village in Iraq. To help her anthropologist husband gather data, she agreed to dress only in the all-enveloping black veils of the women of the harem. Although she shared a small mud-brick cottage with her husband, her daily life was spent only with the women of the town, for in this polygamous society there existed no social communications between the sexes. Includes a 'cast of characters' and a glossary; index.. Very Good+ .

Keywords: 0385014856 Cultural Anthropology; Cultural History; Social History; Women's History; Women's Clothing; Gender Roles; Islam; Social Life; Customs; Women/Womens' History Cultural History Education Islam Orient/Asia Geography Religion Reference Anthropology/