| ID | 110266 |
| Title Proper | Are there mestizos in the Arab world? a comparative survey of classification categories and kinship systems |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Dieste, Josep Lluis Mateo |
| Publication | 2012. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Terminology devoted to miscegenation and inter-ethnic relationships is extremely problematic, and this article shows that many of these categories are more classificatory than descriptive. Some North African and Middle Eastern examples reveal that theoretical concepts about mixture reflect the folk conceptions of the observers rather that the meaning of local categories which not necessarily share those notions of mixture. In this sense, it is suggested that social categorizations of miscegenation are created from specific structures of descent which consider the transmission of two different social statuses, and that the pre-eminent unilineal descent systems of the Arab world should refrain from the political construction of such classification categories. |
| `In' analytical Note | Middle Eastern Studies Vol. 48, No.1; Jan 2012: p.125-138 |
| Journal Source | Middle Eastern Studies Vol. 48, No.1; Jan 2012: p.125-138 |
| Key Words | Arab World ; Comparative Survey ; Classification Categories ; Kinship Systems ; Inter - Ethnic Relationships ; Middle Eastern ; North Africa |