About this title: A delightful, well-written, and vastly informative ethnographic study, this is an account of Fernea's two-year stay in a tiny rural village in Iraq, where she assumed the dress and sheltered life of a harem woman.
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Description: Very Good. 0385014856 Paperback, Condition: Very Good; this book is in very good condition with light curve to the spine / light reading creases to the covers. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Anchor Books
Date Published: 1995
ISBN-13:9780385014854ISBN:0385014856
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Cover and first two pages are clipped at corners. A few pages contain underlining. Used book stickers on cover. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 368 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Anchor
Date Published: 1995
ISBN-13:9780385014854ISBN:0385014856
Description: Good; Reading copy. Very worn w/abraded area on spine. Pages okay except for small coffee-type drip at fore edge, light tanning. Trade PB; 0.7 x 8.3 x 5.5 Inches; 368 pages. read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Edition: Reprint
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Anchor Books, New York
Date Published: 1969
Description: Good. Creases and light reading wear. 346 pages with Index and Glossary of Arabic Terms. Account of the author's two-year stay in the village of El Nahra in southern Iraq, where she lived like Iraqi women of the village. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Anchor
Date Published: 1995
ISBN-13:9780385014854ISBN:0385014856
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Doubleday
Date Published: 1969-01-01
Description: Very Good. Paperback Anchor Book 1969, Appears Unread, No Marks, Binding square and tight, Small scrape on back cover, Crease on front and back, Interior is like new, Domestic Tracking. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Doubleday
Date Published: 1969-06-01
ISBN-13:9780385014854ISBN:0385014856
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"An interesting account of 2 years living in Iraq as a wife and companion of her anthropologist husband. She had contact only with women in the rural community. The sexes did not interact. She also learned to wear a abayah."
"This was a required reading book for an introductory anthropology class that I took. It is probably one of my favourite books that I have ever acquired this way. In fact, it was so well-written that until almost halfway through the book, I didn't even notice that the story was 50 years old. I was a little deflated at the end when the story just suddenly came to an end, and I had to remind myself that it was an ethnography, a record of this one particular year, and not a novel."
"fascinating and engrossing- truly one of my favorite kinds of books. my only complaint is that I was halfway through the book before I realized it was written 50 years ago, so the amazing culture I was reading about may in fact no longer exist. my next quest will be to find an updated version..."
"I thought this was a very readable account of an American woman's two year stay in an Iraqi village in the mid-1950s. Of course, much of what she described is probably very dated now, but I thought the author did a fairly good job of providing a glimpse into the life and culture of women in the village at that time. In the end, it is a tale of friendship across strong cultural differences and I thought it was written from an interesting perspective. Admittedly, I have not read many personal accounts of this kind so my basis for comparison is fairly limited. Still, I enjoyed it and thought it well worth a read!"
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