A History of the Georgian People

A History of the Georgian People

Author: W.E.D. Allen

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2023-05-03

Total Pages: 503

ISBN-13: 1000855309

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A History of the Georgian People (1971) begins with an account of the early history and ethnographic background of Georgia, and goes on to cover the country’s political history from 1000 to 1800 and Russian conquest. There are chapters on the social history of the country, with much interesting information on the feudal system, religion, justice and the slave trade. The final, illustrated section, discusses the art and literature of the Georgians.


The Genesis of Arabic Narrative Discourse

The Genesis of Arabic Narrative Discourse

Author: Ṣabrī Ḥāfiẓ

Publisher:

Published: 1993

Total Pages: 334

ISBN-13:

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After formulating a theoretical foundation for the sociology of narrative genres based on the work of Bakhtin, Foucault, Goldmann, Jauss and Said, this work challenges the widely held assumption that Arabic culture stagnated before its contact with the West at the beginning of the nineteenth century. Hafez traces the revival to the mid-eighteenth century and follows its development throughout the Arab world, showing how the emergence of a new reading public with its distinct 'world view' induced the process of the transformation and genesis of a new literary discourse. This is followed by a study of the dynamics of this process and an outline of the various stages of the formation and transformation of the new narrative discourse until it culminates in the production of a sophisticated and mature narrative. The Genesis of Arabic Narrative Discourse shifts the terms of the debate on the rise of narrative from formal analysis to an analysis of social formation, clarifying many of the issues which have long dogged critical discussion. It changes the nature of literary history by overlaying its dry chronology with the vivid socio-cultural dimension and by achieving a fine balance between the textual and contextual. It tests its major theoretical suppositions by tracing the historical development of narrative discourse, as well as through a detailed and sensitive analysis of a short story in a manner that changes the nature of Arabic literary criticism and puts it on an equal footing with modern critical discourse in Western culture.


Chinoiserie

Chinoiserie

Author: Oliver R. Impey

Publisher: MacMillan Publishing Company

Published: 1977

Total Pages: 232

ISBN-13:

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Islamic Jurisprudence in the Classical Era

Islamic Jurisprudence in the Classical Era

Author: Norman Calder

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2010-03-22

Total Pages: 243

ISBN-13: 1139485717

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Norman Calder is still considered a luminary in the field of Islamic law. He was one among a handful of Western scholars who were beginning to engage with the subject. In the intervening years, much has changed, and Islamic law is now understood as fundamental to any engagement with the study of Islam, its history, and its society. In this book, Colin Imber has put together and edited four essays by Norman Calder that have never been previously published. Typically incisive, they categorize and analyze the different genres of Islamic juristic literature that was produced between the tenth and fourteenth centuries, showing what function they served both in the preservation of Muslim legal and religious traditions and in the day-to-day lives of their communities. The essays also examine the status and role of the jurists themselves and give clear answers to the controversial questions of how far Islamic law and juristic thinking changed over the centuries, and how far it was able to adapt to new circumstances.


IBSS

IBSS

Author: Compiled by the British Library of Political and Economic Science

Publisher: Psychology Press

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 664

ISBN-13: 9780415262378

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IBSS is the essential tool for librarians, university departments, research institutions and any public or private institution whose work requires access to up-to-date and comprehensive knowledge of the social sciences.


East Asian Pop Culture

East Asian Pop Culture

Author: Beng Huat Chua

Publisher: Hong Kong University Press

Published: 2008-02-01

Total Pages: 328

ISBN-13: 9789622098923

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The contributors analyse the subject of Asian pop culture arranged under three headings: 'Television Industry in East Asia', 'Transnational-Crosscultural Receptions of TV Dramas' and 'Nationalistic reactions'.