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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.
311 pages, illustrations
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | October 14, 2015 |
| ISBN13 | 9780804797276 |
| Publishers | Stanford University Press |
| Pages | 312 |
| Dimensions | 229 × 154 × 21 mm · 430 g |