Analyzing ethnographic data of the Pakistani Punjab, the essay argues that the meaning of the concept of veiling is inseparable from its multiple and apparently unrelated expressions of shame and honor beyond the normally identified contexts of dress and female concerns Muslim veiling is described as a fundamental value, as concealment counterpoised to the relative value of revealment, forming a permanent ontological statement of one’s being in the world, that is, an ethical relation of the self with the other, while recognizing its nonethical aspects—the non-values Thus it cautions against interpretations of the veil as a symbol representing something else, entailing implicit dualities like semiotic–practice, subject–object, category/rule–action, instrumental–religious At the same time, the essay questions the imposition of the self, posits the other, and rethinks differences between cultures, integrations of minorities, ethics, freedom, tolerance, and recognition

Concealment and Revealment

This essay identifies four different modes of ethnographic engagement with Palestine since the nineteenth century: biblical, Oriental, absent, and poststructural. Focusing on the epistemic and political dynamics in which the recent admissibility of Palestine as a legitimate ethnographic subject is embedded, we highlight two conditions. One is the demystification of states and hegemonic groups that control them, and the concomitant legitimacy of groups with counterclaims. The other is the “crisis of representation” in the social sciences and the humanities. Combined with the rupture in Israel's sanctity in the West since the 1980s, these developments were conducive to Palestine's admission. We conclude by considering Palestine as a problem space that could reinvigorate the critical abilities of postcolonial language and the anthropology that it engenders.

The Ethnographic Arriving of Palestine

THE FOURFOLD INCREASE in titles (1,000) over the 238 published in the 1962 list (CA 3:107-112) reflects a broader coverage and, expectedly, the continued expansion of paperback publishing. Relatively few titles of comnmercial imprints have gone out of print yet; more can be expected to, however, if sales do not keep up with rapidly rising competition and a flooded market. Although the soft-cover industry has been accused of sucking sustenance from the hard-cover inventory and providing little outlet for new creation, an increasing number of original works and compilations in the tradition of Penguin Books can be found in anthropology: e.g., Fairservis on Egypt and the Orient, Heizer's literary landmarks in archaeology, Suggs on Polynesia, the Spindlers' case study series, and the Random House anthropology series. In addition, original translations into English continue, as in Westheim's Mexican sculpture study. The re-issue of works now out of print (such as Kroeber and Kluckhohn, Culture, and Fortune, Sorcerers of Dobu), or available only in high-priced hard-cover editions, continues the major contribution of the industry to the profession. One such program is Fawcett's "Premier Behavioral Science" series, edited by Ashley Montagu, which will contain reprints from all periods and countries on the "nature of man and his conduct." I have investigated the proposition of listing paperbound books from other countries, discussing the matter with anthropologists from abroad at the 1962 International Congress of Americanists. The consensus is that it is not reasonable to attempt such a list because the bulk of printing in most countries is in paperbound form. Great Britain is an exception for which a list will appear in CA at a later date. Furthermore, the paperback, in many countries, does not represent a less expensive edition. Therefore, foreign paperbacks will be selected only from special publication groups that offer locally low-priced editions. Such a one, established in 1959, is the "Coleccion Popular" of the Fondo del Cultura Economico, Mexico.

Paperbound Books in Anthropology and Related Fields in Print (U.S.A.), Winter-Spring, 1963

The following is a survey of the anthropological literature in English on the Palestinian  ḥamūla , the extended family or clan, and Palestinian women’s lives in the West Bank. Both areas of the literature are in certain respects problematic; in particular, actors’ agency and women’s experiences are often overlooked. The article concludes by presenting the notion of social geography—a concept which looks at how the geographical location of neighbors, friends, and family, as well as ideas of relatedness, create ties and shape the way women practice and experience social relations. Recognizing the importance of social geography may provide a way of wedding these two areas of the literature and addressing some of its gaps.

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A Review of the Anthropological Literature in English on the Palestinian "Ḥamūla" and the Status of Women

This article focuses on how women in two Palestinian diaspora communities—one in Jordan and the other in Toronto—experience social ties to those they have left behind in the West Bank and to others within their adopted communities. This analysis allows for a synchronic comparison of the nature and effects of these diaspora locations on areas of social life that are central to women’s daily lives. It is my hope that this study will complement other studies that focus on how living in a particular diaspora location diachronically, or across generations, affects an immigrant or exile community’s family and community formations (see, for example, S. Abu-Laban, “Family”; Yousif). My examination here thus draws out how the diversity of diaspora locations shapes, and is shaped by, women’s experiences.

Proximity and Distance: Palestinian Women's Social Lives in Diaspora

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