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Article: Blood Revenge: Family Honor, Mediation, and Outcasting, 2d ed.
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- Middle Eastern Studies
- Article date:
- October 1, 1997
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CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 1997 Frank Cass & Company Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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by Joseph Ginat. Brighton: Sussex Acadamic press, 1997, second edition. Pp.xvii + 228, index.
This book is an addition to the growing anthropological literature on Middle Eastern nomadic societies at a moment when they may be considered part of a disappearing world. Unlike other publications, it has a comparative dimension: its subject matter is dispute settlement among the 'bedouin and rural Arabs' in Israel. Ginat offers a nuanced analysis of various mechanisms for the resolution of conflict among these two communities. Blood revenge, mediation and outcasting are explored through the investigation of a long list of case studies collected by the author over several ...