Book
Veiled sentiments: honor and poetry in a Bedouin society
University of California Press • Berkeley • Published In 1986 • Pages:
By: Abu-Lughod, Lila.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Abu-Lughod examines two contrary discourses in Bedouin society. One discourse is the code of honor which supports the patriarchal and patrilineal system of the Bedouin. Women and young men practice voluntary deference, or HASHAM, to more powerful male elders. Emotions and sexuality are held in check by an enforced modesty for fear of undermining patriarchal authority and agnatic bonding. The other discourse is poetry which is the only accepted way to express personal love, longing, and loss. Poems are shared by friends and family, people of equal status, drawing them closer together.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Drives and emotions
- Social personality
- Verbal arts
- Status, role, and prestige
- Gender status
- Ethics
- General sex restrictions
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Libyan Bedouin
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1999
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Africa
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Northern Africa
- 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.
- Ethnologist
- 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
- Ian Skoggard ; 1998
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1978-1980
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1978-1980
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Western Desert, Egypt
- NotesAdditional notes
- Lila Abu-Lughod
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 297-307) and index
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 86006948
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Bedouins