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Cradle of Islam: the Hijaz and the quest for an Arabian identity

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Field name	Details
ISBN	1850437106 (hbk.)
ISBN	9781850437109 (hbk.)
Author	Yamani, Mai
Title	Cradle of Islam : the Hijaz and the quest for an Arabian identity / [by] Mai Yamani
Publisher	London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, 2004
Physical desc.	xiii, 226 p. ; maps ; 25 cm.
Note	Reprinted in 2006
Bibliography etc.	Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-211).
Contents	Defining the Hijaz: the roots of cultural resistance. -- The Hijazi ʻawaʼil and the preservation of Hijazi identity. -- The political awakening of the Hijazi ʻawaʼil. -- The rites of passage I: ceremonies of birth. -- The rites of passage II: marriage and social status. -- The rites of passage III: death--the final vindication. -- Cultivating the social arts I: the art of formal conversation among the Hijazi ʻawaʼil. -- Cultivating the social arts II: reasserting culinary tradition. -- Cultivating the social arts III: the adaptation of Hijazi dress to the new social order. -- Conclusion.
Subject	Food -- Social aspects
	Hejaz (Saudi Arabia)
	Hejaz (Saudi Arabia) -- Social life and customs
	Saudi Arabia -- Ethnic relations

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