Tribes in Modern Yemen

An Anthology

edited by Marieke Brandt

Book cover: Tribes in Modern Yemen

Extent: 169 pages

Publisher: Austrian Academy of Sciences Press

Subjects: Anthropology, Islamic & Middle Eastern Studies

Series: Sammlung Eduard Glaser

Series volume number: 18

Language: English

Paperback (Published)

(August 2021)

ISBN: 9783700186199

Price: $66.00

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In Yemen, “tribe” is a historically rooted, emic concept of social representation. Rooted in remotest antiquity, over the last centuries the concept of tribe in Yemen has undergone transformations, but also featured aspects of continuity. Today, with the emergence of massive political change, the eruption of popular uprisings, armed conflicts, external military intervention and the associated weakness of the state, tribalism seems to be gaining in importance once again, filling the void created by a retreating state. This collective volume explores the longevity and diversity of manifestations of tribalism in present-day Yemen. It aims at updating and rethinking research on tribes and tribalism in Yemen and providing new input for the discussion of tribalism in contemporary Middle East.

  • Contributions by Najwa Adra
  • Contributions by Marieke Brandt
  • Contributions by Steven C Caton
  • Contributions by Paul Dresch
  • Contributions by Andre Gingrich
  • Contributions by Helen Lackner
  • Contributions by Lisa Lenz-Ayoub
  • Contributions by Mikhail Rodionov
  • Contributions by Daniel Martin Varisco
  • Contributions by Alexander Weissenburger
  • Edited by Marieke Brandt