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Settlement of violence in Bedouin society
Ethnology • 29 (31) • Published In 1990 • Pages: 225-242
By: Khalaf, Sulayman N..
Abstract
This article discusses peace building and conflict management practices among the Bedouins of Jezirah, northeast Syria. Himself a native Bedouin professional Anthropologist, the author uses two cases of homicide involving his own family to show how community and tribal leaders achieve peace, or instances of it, by mobilizing a wide variety of indigenous legal norms, religious symbols and kinship rules. In doing so, the author also argues against long held stereotypes which paint the Bedouins as war-like, hostile and conflict prone.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2009
- Region
- Middle East
- Sub Region
- Middle East
- Document Type
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Anthropologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Teferi Abate Adem; 2007
- Field Date
- 1940s and 1963
- Coverage Date
- 1940-1963
- Coverage Place
- Syria
- Notes
- Sulayman N. Khalaf
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-242)
- LCCN
- 64005713
- LCSH
- Bedouins