The Seed and the Soil: Gender and Cosmology in Turkish Village Society (Comparative Studies on Muslim Societies)
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| Rating | : | 4.36 (920 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0520075501 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 393 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-12-30 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Lively look at one Turkish Village's Idealogies A hearty read with photos to back up fieldwork. Covers issues of marriage, relationships, authority, bodies, land, food, house, village, life/death, religion in relation to procreation.Interesting, engaging and easily comprehended, it works well in a study of anthropology of one Middle Eastern way of life. Feminist issues, religious. Outstanding book A Customer Carol Delaney's book is outstanding for a description of cross cultural field work and for an interpretation of the social organization and beliefs in a Muslim community in Turkey. The ideas she presents give the reader pause for thought, because there are many implications for the social fabric.
Moreover, the symbols and meanings by which they represent procreation provide the means for understanding relationships between such seemingly disparate elements as the body, family, house, village, nation, this-world and other-world. The patterns revealed are not distinctly Turkish; they also comment on some of our own deeply-held assumptions and values about procreation.. How do the metaphors we use to describe procreation affect our view of the relative worth of each gender? Carol Delaney discloses the powerful meanings condensed in the seemingly innocent images of "seed" and "soil." Drawing on her work in a small Turkish village of Sunni Muslims, she shows us that the images are categorically different, hierarchically ordered, and unequally valued.The ways in which the creation of a
From the Inside Flap"A lively ethnography of one intensely studied village, it teems with insights on the links between cosmology, power, and gender. Delaney provides an integrated treatment of the character of Turkish village culture."—Michael Meeker, University of California, San Diego. A book for theologians, feminists, all anthropologists, and other critical thinkers."—Paul Stirling, The University of Kent, Canterbury"One of the best ethnographic accounts of family, kinship, and social relations in a Tu