The Animal Names of the Arab Ancestors : Explaining the Non-Human Names of Arab Kinship Groups, Volume 2-2 Appendices.
In the Arab world, people belong to kinship groups that are named after wolves, birds, and plants. Why these names? Young's book questions old explanations and suggests a new hypothesis: Bedouin tribes use such names to obscure internal cleavages.
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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Boston :
BRILL,
2024.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Series: | Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 1 the near and Middle East Series
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| Online Access: | Click here to view this book |
| Summary: | In the Arab world, people belong to kinship groups that are named after wolves, birds, and plants. Why these names? Young's book questions old explanations and suggests a new hypothesis: Bedouin tribes use such names to obscure internal cleavages. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (890 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9789004697485 9004697489 |