{"product_id":"islands-of-heritage-conservation-and-transformation-in-yemen-paperback-softback-9781503607149","title":"Islands of Heritage; Conservation and Transformation in Yemen (Paperback \/ softback) 9781503607149","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eIslands of Heritage\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eConservation and Transformation in Yemen\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eNathalie Peutz (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781503607149\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 13 November 2018\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e368 pages, 14 halftones, 1 figure, 1 map\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.666 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eIslands of Heritage\u003c\/i\u003e is at once a dazzling ethnography of everyday life and a well-researched history that is as extraordinary as its subject, the island of Soqotra in the Arabian Sea. It is truly a pleasure to read.\"—Steven C. Caton, Harvard University \"Nathalie Peutz has written a beautiful account of the unsettling effects of and dynamics between international conservation efforts, national politics, and Soqotran notions of heritage, history, and place. \u003ci\u003eIslands of Heritage\u003c\/i\u003e is one of the richest ethnographies of the Arabian Peninsula and Indian Ocean region that I have read in years.\"—Mandana Limbert, Queens College and the Graduate Center, CUNY \"This book, the result of ten years of research and follow up, explores the sociopolitical transformation of Soqotra, the main island of Yemen's Soqotra Archipelago. Peutz offers a detailed ethnographic presentation of the complicated and unsettled recent history of the island within its larger regional and global context...Recommended.\"—A. Rassam, \u003ci\u003eCHOICE\u003c\/i\u003e \"Upon closing \u003ci\u003eIslands of Heritage\u003ci\u003e one can only be impressed by such a piece of interdisciplinary scholarship. Nathalie Peutz brilliantly manages to bring to life and interpret the local dynamics she observed in Soqotra, updating their significance and making them meaningful beyond the archipelago of Soqotra, and that of anthropologists.\"—Laurent Bonnefoy, \u003ci\u003eArabian Humanities\u003c\/i\u003e \"Peutz's book is required reading for anthropologists, historians, political scientists, and those investigating the impact of tourism, while being readable and compelling for nonspecialists... It is a delight to read and one of the strongest anthropological texts on heritage published in recent years.\"—Victoria Hightower, \u003ci\u003eArab Studies Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eSoqotra, the largest island of Yemen's Soqotra Archipelago, is one of the most uniquely diverse places in the world. A UNESCO natural World Heritage Site, the island is home not only to birds, reptiles, and plants found nowhere else on earth, but also to a rich cultural history and the endangered Soqotri language. Within the span of a decade, this Indian Ocean archipelago went from being among the most marginalized regions of Yemen to promoted for its outstanding global value. \u003ci\u003eIslands of Heritage\u003c\/i\u003e shares Soqotrans' stories to offer the first exploration of environmental conservation, heritage production, and development in an Arab state.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExamining the multiple notions of heritage in play for twenty-first-century Soqotra, Nathalie Peutz narrates how everyday Soqotrans came to assemble, defend, and mobilize their cultural and linguistic heritage. These efforts, which diverged from outsiders' focus on the island's natural heritage, ultimately added to Soqotrans' calls for political and cultural change during the Yemeni Revolution. \u003ci\u003eIslands of Heritage\u003c\/i\u003e shows that far from being merely a conservative endeavor, the protection of heritage can have profoundly transformative, even revolutionary effects. Grassroots claims to heritage can be a potent form of political engagement with the most imminent concerns of the present: human rights, globalization, democracy, and sustainability.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e  1. Hospitality in Unsettling Times\u003cbr\u003e  2. Hungering for the State\u003cbr\u003e  3. When the Environment Arrived\u003cbr\u003e  4. Arrested Development\u003cbr\u003e  5. Reorienting Heritage\u003cbr\u003e  6. Heritage in the Time of Revolution\u003cbr\u003e  Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Stanford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52521347907864,"sku":"9781503607149","price":21.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/islands-of-heritage-conservation-and-transformation-in-yemen-paperback-softback-9781503607149","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}