Book
Arab border-villages in Israel: a study of community and change in a social organization
Manchester University Press ; Distributed in the U.S.A. by Humanities Press • Manchester • Published In 1972 • Pages:
By: Cohen, Abner.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This monograph is a study of social process in which men and women react in terms of traditional allegiances, customs, and values, to cataclysmic changes in their environment. Change in process and purpose is displayed through continuity of social formations and culture. The book is a highly sociological study, but is illuminated throughout by detailed analysis of actual events, and by the roles of certain outstanding men in the society. The author's field work was carried out primarily in the village of Bint el-Hudud, and secondarily in the village of Djaldjulya during 1958-1959, although other Arab villages along the Israel-Jordan border were visited regularly. Since the principal aim of this study is to discuss institutional interconnections, Bint el-Hudud was chosen as a representative example of the other villages in the region sharing the same culture and general history and are similarly affected by the economic and political factors inherent in the border situation (p.176). In general, this work emerges as a study of general social problems, both in small communities and in general politics (p.vii).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Theoretical orientation in research and its results
- Sociocultural trends
- Ingroup antagonisms
- Regulation of marriage
- Arranging a marriage
- Clans
- Community councils
- Informal in-group justice
- Political parties
- Elections
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Palestinians
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2005
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Middle East
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Middle East
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Sociologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle ; 2004
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- August 1958-November 1959
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1948-1959
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Israel
- NotesAdditional notes
- Abner Cohen ; foreword by Max Gluckman
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-182) and index
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 74182657
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Palestinian Arabs