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The Barber of Damascus: Nouveau Literacy in the Eighteenth-Century Ottoman Levant Dana Sajdi
The Barber of Damascus: Nouveau Literacy in the Eighteenth-Century Ottoman Levant
Dana Sajdi
Told through the life and work of a barber—Ibn Budayr—this book explores emerging written historical forms by non-scholars in the 18th century Ottoman Empire to offer a revisionist history that connects 18th century society and culture to the 19th century Arab Renaissance.
312 pages, illustrations
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | October 9, 2013 |
| ISBN13 | 9780804785327 |
| Publishers | Stanford University Press |
| Pages | 312 |
| Dimensions | 152 × 229 × 23 mm · 544 g |
| Language | English |