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Forum for Middle East Research in Antt~Ropology forum for middle east research in antt~ropology Volume IV, Number 3 Fall, 1980 ABOUT MERA FORUM ~lliRA Forum was initiated by a group of anthropologists in 1976, to foster increased communication among scholars conducting anthropological research on the Middle East and North Africa . It is intended to be a clearinghouse for information and thus depends on the participation of all ~vho receive it . Remember to send your announce­ ments and articles to the'editor who is responsible for the next issue . The newsletter includes announcements and short articles of up to about two pages . These may be political or theoretical contributions, research reports , reports on scholarly conferences, book reviews, requests for collaboration, exchanges, debates, or whatever . If possible, please type all contributions in the fonnat used in this issue--single- spaced with 3/4 inch margins--so that they can be pasted up directly without retyping . ~lliRA Forum is published quarterly by four editors serving two year terms who take turns preparing issues . If you wish to receive and participate in ~ffiRA Forum, send $5 to cover printing and mailing costs to : Middle East Research Group in Anthropology, Roger Joseph, Treasurer, Department of Anthropology, California State University, Fullerton, California 92634 . Write your checks to MERGA . Persons living in countries where currency export is restricted may ask for courtesy subscriptions. There is an added fee for overseas airmail of $4 . f::DITOI~ FOR Tllr~___l?_Sllfo:: I.;Jurcncc ~tichaL1k, Center fcH 1'-tidcllc E.1stcrn Srudics , 215 Mo s es llaLJ, University of C.1lifornio, lkrkel y, Cn l ifornin 94720, (415) 642-8208. EDITOR FOR TilE \.JINTER ISSUE : Ursuln Ftmk , Deportment nf i\nthropology, SLanford University, SL <H1flnd, Co1HDtni<1 94305, (415) 857-1486 or (415) 497-JJlO . Deauline for material for this issue : December 15, 1980. -2- A NOTE FRm1 THIS fSSUE'S ElllTOR For the MERA Forum, the set of twelve articles following the announcements section is something of an experiment in both form and focus . The form is that of s hort essays, up to about two pages in length, a challenge to brevity. And the focus of this particular issue is geographical: the Maghreb, from Morocco through Libya . The Maghreb is in a way an orphaned area for scholarship, at least in America . Middle East scholars commonly define the ~laghreb as outside of or only peripheral to the " real " Middle East, and Africanists, when North Africa is mentioned, hasten to specify that their area is actually "Africa south of the Sahara. " The Maghreb moreover tends to be relatively less familiar to English-speaking scholars because , until recently , it ]l;Js been an area the greater p.1rt of which has been dominated by the French, in scholarship as well as otherwise. In short, the Hnghrcb has with the exception of · a _few important works been an area relegated to secondary importance in English-speaking scholarship and, in focusing on it, ~e are engaging in a rite of reversal of sorts . The topics addressed are familiar to anthropology, but among the twelve authors are two historians, a political scientist, a folklorist; and a rhetorician with a doctorat e in comparative literature . The first short article .(after the announcements) is by Fred Huxley (pp 5- 7), who has lived and studied in Tunisia and Lebanon . and wbo wr~tes on comparisons between the eastern and western wings of the ~fiddle East . An article follows by Lisa Anderson (pp 7-9) , possibly the only American to do research in Libya since the revolution there; those interested i n research conditions in Libya should also consult her article in the July 1980 ~SA Bulletin. Donald Holzinger (pp 9- 10) and Marian Gram (pp 10-12) have done research of different kinds and i n different part s of Algeria, and they offer complementary views on conditions of short- and long- term research in this huge country--the second largest i n Africa--which has been relatively neglected by American scholars. Sabra Webber (pp 12- 14) , who has lived and done research in North Africa at intervals over a period of 14 years, contributes a review of work by the French scholar of Algeria, Pierre Bourdieu . Conception del Castillo (pp 14- 16) describes her dissertation research in a Tunisian community near the Libyan border . Liesa Auerbach (pp 16-18) draws on her dissertation research in the Tunisian Sahel to suggest an approach to the study of women ' s status and power . Mira Zussman (pp 18- 21) also draws on her Tunisia research--on family farms and cooperatives in the Lower Medjerda--for an article about an aspect of r ural Tunisian world- view. Bridget Connelly (pp 21-23) reports on a recent conference on Bani Hillal tales, a topic she studied for her doct orate . Nancy Gallagher (pp 23-24) did her doctoral research on Maghrebi medical history and offers a review of two books on the subject . Elaine Combs - Schilling (pp 24 - 26), currently writing a thesis on shopkeepers in a Ce ntral Moroccan town, reviews Clifford Geertz' s recent publication on Horoccan mt1rkets . And llind Nassif (pp 26-27) summarizes her recent study on women in the labor force in Morocco . Among the announcements ~.Jbich foJ low, we call your particular attention to the meeting of the ~IERGA group at the American Anthropology convention next month . This \.Jill be a particularly important meeting if the group aud the Forum are to continue, since some new editors will be chosen. I0 closing, I would like to acknowledge assistance on this issue of the Forum for printing and mailing by the Center for Hiddle Eastern Studies of the University of California at Berkeley . Thanks also to Jean Auka, Assistant at the Center , who retyped almost all the announcemen~s and manuscripts . __ Laurence Michalak - J- AHERIC/\N ANTIIROPOLOC.ICI\L ASSOCIATION 1980 CONFEHENC:E The 79th Annu;ll ~1ecting of the Amerlc:m Anthropology Associntlon wl.ll be held in ~.J.1shington, D.C., nl the W,tshlnt;ton llilton llolcl. fl-<1111 'l'lll1rsdny, Decc'mhcr 4th, Lhrouglt Sund:ty , Dc<'l'lllher 7t:lt . The progrnm includes C1VL't· 250 sc!cnL[flt: scssil)ns ;md S[Wl'1:1l events, including a Distinguished Lecture by Sir Ruymond Firth on the topic, "Spiritual Aroma: ReElections on Religion and Politics .'' There are Middle East- related papers s~attered throtJghout various panels, as.well as three panels specifically related to the Middle East : --Revolutions and Rebellions in Afghanistan, Friday 8 : 30-11: 30; --Nile Anthropology : Current Research, Sunday 1:30-3:45; and --Islamic Ideology, Sunday 2 : 00- 5 : 00. The schedule, session titles and participants are printed in the AAA Newsletter, Vol . 21, No . 6 (September 1980), available for $2 . 50 from : Anthropo l ogy Newsletter American Anthropological Association 1703 New Hampshire Avenue , NW Washington , D.C. 20009 tel. : (202) 232- 8800 . The AAA can also provide convention registration and membership information. The Middle East Research Group in Anthropology will hold a business meeting at the AAA on Thursday , December 4th, in the Lincoln West Room of the Washington Hilton llotel , from 5 to 7· PM . Business will include choosing replacements for three of the four editors of the HERA Forum (tvho have nmv served out their two- year terms), finding re­ gional correspondents , deciding whether to afficiate t.Jith the AAA , report from the secretary- treasurer . planning Middle East- reJated pnnels for the next 1\1\A Meeting, and generally considering the future of MERGA. We hope that as many interested members as possible will attend and participate. MIDDLE EASTERN STUDIES ASSOCIATION 1980 CONFERENCE As this issue of the Forum goPs to the printer, the 14th i\ununl ~leeting of the Niddle Eastern Studies Association of North America is about to be held in Washington . D. C., Thursday through Saturday, November 6th through 9th , at the Capital Hilton Hotel . The Program Committee has organized 43 panels , 7 workshops, and 3 current events sessions . Ellen Hermanson of t-1ESA reports that this is the largest progrAm and has elicited the largest registration of any in MESA Conference history . In recognition that this is the beginning of the 15th century in the Islamic calendar, the meeting is giving special prominence to "Studies in Islam--Past, Present and Future ." In addition , the program will also emphnsize secondary issues of development and creative culture . Local arrangements arc being made by the Center for Contemporary Studies a t Georgetown University. Abstracts of the papers delivered are available from MESA for a fee (last year it was $2.50) . For abstracts and for membership information, contact : The Middle~~astern Studies Association Hngop KPvorkian Center for Near Eastern Studies 50 Washington Square South Netv York, N. Y. 10003 tel. : (212) sqs- 2400 . i\LTEHNJ\TTVE ~1TI1DI.E Ei\STEHN ST\JI1TJo:S SP.l'!lNAH l9RO The L\lternative Middle Eastern Studies Seminar is holding its ann ual conference Nov mber 8th and 9th , 1980, in Washington D. C. at George Washington University, the Marnin Ce n ter , 21st and H Streets, N.H . The title of the conference is, " Imperiali sm , Religion , and Revolution in the Middle East . " and the tentative schedule is : - -Saturday, Nov. 8, 9-12 : Panel l;•Islam and Revolution (Ballroom); - - Saturday, Nov . 8, 2-5 : Plenary Session, Business Meeting (Ballroom) ; --Sunday, Nov . 9, 9-12 : Panel 2, Marxism and the Middle East (rm 402- 4) ; - - Sunday, Nov . 9, 2-5 : Panel 3, U. S. Foreign Policy in t he Middle East (rm 402- 4) NEWSLETTER OF TilE /\1-!ESS, from Ted Swedenberg , Un i versity of Texas/Austin) New Directions in Hiddle Ei1st Studies Newsletter is published by .AHESS (the Alternatives to ~Iiddle East Studies Seminar) .
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