Wasita in a Lebanese Context Social Exchange among Villagers and Outsiders |
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| Author:
| Huxley, Frederick Charles |
| Series title: | Anthropological Papers Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-951519-07-0 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 2020 |
| Publisher: | University of Michigan, Museum of Anthropology, Publications Department
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| Book Format: | Digital (delivered electronically) |
| List Price: | USD $10.00 |
Book Description:
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In the 1970s, Frederick Charles Huxley conducted fieldwork in the Lebanese village of Barouk to investigate the social process called wasita: a term that means, roughly, intermediary or mediation. He explains the geography and history of Lebanon as they relate to the country's social diversity, and argues for further examination of wasita as a process that operates on and between levels of society in economic, political, and social contexts. Following a detailed description of his...
More DescriptionIn the 1970s, Frederick Charles Huxley conducted fieldwork in the Lebanese village of Barouk to investigate the social process called wasita: a term that means, roughly, intermediary or mediation. He explains the geography and history of Lebanon as they relate to the country's social diversity, and argues for further examination of wasita as a process that operates on and between levels of society in economic, political, and social contexts. Following a detailed description of his ethnographic research, he discusses the importance of a better understanding of wasita in the context of the Lebanese civil war.