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Anthropology of the Middle East

Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyUnited States21A.453
Free, no sign-up neededSpring 2004English
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This course examines traditional performances of the Arabic-speaking populations of the Middle East and North Africa. Starting with the history of the ways in which the West has discovered, translated and written about the Orient, we will consider how power and politics play roles in the production of culture, narrative and performance.

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