{"product_id":"slavery-in-the-modern-middle-east-and-north-africa-exploitation-and-resistance-from-the-19th-century-present-day-9780755647934","title":"Slavery in the Modern Middle East and North Africa: Exploitation and Resistance from the 19th Century - Present Day","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat is the nature of slavery as practiced and at times reintroduced over the past two centuries in the Middle East and North Africa? In spite of the rich regional diversity of the areas studied - from Morocco to the Indian Ocean to Iran - this anthology demonstrates clear commonalities across the super-region. These include the regulation of slavery by Islam and local traditions, the absence of a rigid racial hierarchy as in North American slavery, the management of the sexuality and reproductive capacity of female slaves, and views on identity and heritage among descendants of slaves. Authors also examine the economic and theological underpinnings of contemporary slavery and human trafficking. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe book is among the first to focus on slavery across the Islamic world from the 19th century to the present - a period constituting the endgame of institutionalized slavery in the region but also the persistence of forms of de facto enslavement. Each chapter scrutinizes from a different vantage point - institutions, economics, the abolitionist movement, literature, folklore, and the moving image - creating a multi-dimensional picture of the phenomenon. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe authors have mined government archives and statistics, memoirs, interviews, photographs, drawings, songs, cinema and television. Not only are Arabic, Persian and Turkish sources leveraged, but a variety of materials in minor and endangered languages, such as Soqotri, Balochi and Sorani Kurdish, in addition to European languages.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eElena Andreeva\u003c\/b\u003e is a Professor of History at Virginia Military Institute, USA. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eRussia and Iran in the Great Game\u003c\/i\u003e (2007) and \u003ci\u003eRussian Central Asia in the Works of Nikolai Karazin, 1842-1908 \u003c\/i\u003e(2021), and co-editor (with Rudi Matthee) of \u003ci\u003eRussians in Iran \u003c\/i\u003e(2018). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eKevin McNeer\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of several documentary films including \u003ci\u003eStalin Thought of You\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOn One Day of the Days of God\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFrame by Frame\u003c\/i\u003e. He has filmed extensively in the Middle East and edited and translated numerous books and articles related to Eastern Studies, including \u003ci\u003eStoried Land: Kurdish Culture Through the Eyes of Russian Scholars\u003c\/i\u003e (2014), and \u003ci\u003eVictims of their Faith\u003c\/i\u003e (upcoming, with Touraj Atabaki and Lana Ravandi-Fadai).\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"I. B. Tauris \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50928876716306,"sku":"9780755647934","price":142.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_9847dae4-3e19-46b4-b3e4-a653758d59e3.jpg?v=1739020779","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/slavery-in-the-modern-middle-east-and-north-africa-exploitation-and-resistance-from-the-19th-century-present-day-9780755647934","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}