Within the Circle: Parents and Children in an Arab Village

by Andrea B. Rugh

Book Overview

When American anthropologist Andrea Rugh rented a room in a small Syrian village, hoping to find time to finish a book she was writing, she never expected to be drawn so deeply into the lives of her neighbors. But she developed close friendships with two households--those of her landlady and her landlady's sister. For eight months Rugh observed and wrote about the lives of these two families and their ten children. The result is a uniquely intimate...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231106793
• ISBN13: 9780231106795
• Release Date: April 1997
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"