Counter-Narratives: History, Contemporary Society, and Politics in Saudi Arabia and Yemen

Saudi Arabia and Yemen are two countries of crucial importance in the Middle East and yet our knowledge about them is highly limited, while typical ways of looking at the histories of these countries have impeded understanding. Counter-Narratives brings together a group of leading scholars of the Middle East using new theoretical and methodological approaches to cross-examine standard stories, whether as told by Westerners or by Saudis and Yemenis, and these are found wanting. The authors assess how grand historical narratives such as those produced by states and colonial powers are currently challenged by multiple historical actors, a process which generates alternative narratives about identity, the state and society.

Author: M. Al-Rasheed
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 07/20/2004
Pages: 313
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.25lbs
Size: 5.70h x 8.60w x 1.10d
ISBN: 9781403963871

About the Author
SHEILA CARAPICO University of Richmond, Virginia, USA ABDULAZIZ H. AL-FAHAD Attorney affiliated with Akin, Gump, USA GUIDO WALTER STEINBERG Freie Universitat Berlin, Germany ISA BLUMI New York University, USA JOHN MATTHEW WILLIS New York University, USA GWENN OKRUHLIK University of Arkansas, USA GABRIELE VOM BRUCK University of Edinburgh, UK

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