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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 306.095675 EAN: 9780385014854 ISBN: 0385014856 Label: Anchor Manufacturer: Anchor Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 368 Publication Date: October 01, 1995 Publisher: Anchor Release Date: October 01, 1995 Studio: Anchor Editorial Review: Product Description: 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. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - a look into a hidden cultureI just finished this book and thoroughly enjoyed it, both her writing style and her subject matter. Yes, she may have gone in somewhat ignorant about many aspects of the lives of Iraqi women but she left with an obvious affection for those same women as well as a deeper understanding of herself. That affection was clearly reciprocated by the Iraqi women she met and lived among. That she lived as they did, was genuinely curious about them as people and made an effort to learn their language negates ... Read More Rating: - Another Great BookThis is another great book by this author. I enjoy her story telling ability and feel lucky that she has shared it with us. I think it's remarkable book. No one can imagine they could have ever have the chance to experience what she did and Iraq will never be the same. It's too bad we have lost so many interesting cultures which had survived since the beginning of mankind. I'm sure it must make her quite sad to see what has happened to Iraq's rich culture during these past 40+ years. Rating:  - Honest and FairThis book is very candid. Elizabeth Fernea describes two years of life in the Shiite village of El Nahara, Iraq. In this tribal village women are completely seperated from the men. They don the traditional Abaya, which covers them from head to feet. The focus of the book is Fernea's relationship with the women of the village. How they slowly begin to accept her, and finally to befriend her. Yet, as she admits, even after two years, she could not bridge the cultural gap between her and her ... Read More Rating: - An amazing piece of workI have never in my life come across a book that has captured me in the way this book has. It's amazing in every sense of the word. The difference between the Middle Eastern world and the world where Elizabeth came from is great. It's definitely the most honest book. The stereo types that people carry with them every day, the assumption that you know a group of people when in reality you never know how different someone might be, and how that can change your life in many wonderful ways. It's definitely educational, ... Read More Rating: - Timely bookEven though this book was written in the last mid-century Iraq, the reader comes away with the feeling that it could have been written today, or 2 centuries ago. It's descriptions of the isolation of Iraqi villages, resistance to change, and brief insights into Iraqi politics makes it a book that should be read by those working to rebuild Iraq, those heading to Iraq, and those interested in why Iraq's move to democracy is so difficult. |
