A significant contribution to our understanding of the varied experience of women in the Islamic Middle East, Tournaments of Value gives a careful description of a world of female socializing, and the velocity, energy, and elaborateness of this remarkable female social world.

Preface

Introduction

1. Going Out in Zabid
2. Tournaments of Value
3. The Bayt: Family and Household
4. Achieving Virtue through Modesty
5. Distinction and Display in the Visiting Scene
6. Moments of Consequence: Weddings and Mourning Ceremonies
7. Personhood, Emotion, and Hierarchy
8. Moral Worth and Piety in Everyday Life
9. Conclusion: The Rise and Fall of Families

Glossary

Bibliography

Index

Anne Meneley is a professor in the Department of Anthropology at Trent University.