The Barber of Damascus Nouveau Literacy in the Eighteenth-Century Ottoman Levant |
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| Author:
| Sajdi, Dana |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8047-8532-7 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2013 |
| Publisher: | Stanford University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $130.00 |
Book Description:
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Told through the life and work of a barber--Ibn Budayr--this book explores emerging written historical forms by non-scholars in the 18th century Ottoman Empire to offer a revisionist history that connects 18th century society and culture to the 19th century Arab Renaissance.
Told through the life and work of a barber--Ibn Budayr--this book explores emerging written historical forms by non-scholars in the 18th century Ottoman Empire to offer a revisionist history that connects 18th century society and culture to the 19th century Arab Renaissance.