The Bedouin of Cyrenaica: studies in personal and corporate power

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Title:	The Bedouin of Cyrenaica: studies in personal and corporate power
Editors:	Peters, Emrys L. Goody, Jack Marx, Emanuel
Year:	1990
Pages:	310
Language:	English
Series:	Cambridge studies in social and cultural anthropology; 72
City of publisher:	Cambridge
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
ISBN:	052138561X
Geographic term:	Libya
Subjects:	Muslim brotherhoods nomads
Abstract:	Emrys Peters was engaged in research on the Bedouin of Libya for more than thirty years. He left significant papers unpublished at his death in 1987. This book contains ten papers by Peters, four of which were previously unpublished. They consist of an analysis of the Sanusi order and its relations with the Bedouin of Cyrenaica; sections from the first chapter of Peters' D. Phil. thesis dealing with the daily life of the Bedouin, with land and water, herding and cultivation, the annual round of migration and pilgrimage; an analysis of the power of shaikhs; and a discussion of debt and other relationships. The previously published chapters deal with patron-client relationships, structural aspects of the feud, the proliferation of segments in the lineage, family, marriage, and bridewealth, and the status of women in four Middle East communities. Fieldwork among the Bedouin of Cyrenaica was conducted by Peters in 1948 and in 1949-1950.