Locating Books & Films
Books on comparative literature topics can be found in multiple places in different libraries (including e-books), though many will be found in LIPA Library and in Doheny Memorial Library (which includes the Cinematic Arts, East Asian, and Music Libraries, along with Specialized Research Collections). Most films can be found in Leavey Library. Many older materials are kept in our off-campus facility, the Grand Avenue Library, and must be paged through the Libraries' online catalog.
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Featured New Materials
From the First World War to the Arab Spring: What's Really Going on in the Middle East by Call Number: online (ebook)Publication Date: 2015
A People Without a State: The Kurds from the Rise of Islam to the Dawn of Nationalism by
Numbering between 25 and 35 million worldwide, the Kurds are among the largest culturally and ethnically distinct people to remain stateless. A People Without a State offers an in-depth survey of an identity that has often been ignored in mainstream historiographies of the Middle East and brings to life the historical, social, and political developments in Kurdistani society over the past millennium. Michael Eppel begins with the myths and realities of the origins of the Kurds, describes the effect upon them of medieval Muslim states under Arab, Persian, and Turkish dominance, and recounts the emergence of tribal-feudal dynasties. He explores in detail the subsequent rise of Kurdish emirates, as well as this people's literary and linguistic developments, particularly the flourishing of poetry. The turning tides of the nineteenth century, including Ottoman reforms and fluctuating Russian influence after the Crimean War, set in motion an early Kurdish nationalism that further expressed a distinct cultural identity. Stateless, but rooted in the region, the Kurds never achieved independence because of geopolitical conditions, tribal rivalries, and obstacles on the way to modernization. A People Without a State captures the developments that nonetheless forged a vast sociopolitical system.
Call Number: online (ebook)Publication Date: 2016
Framing archaeology in the Near East : the application of social theory to fieldwork by Call Number: DS56 .S78 2016 (Doheny)Publication Date: 2016
Political and Socio-Economic Change in the Middle East and North Africa by Call Number: online (ebook)Publication Date: 2016
Living in the Ottoman Realm: Empire and Identity, 13th to 20th Centuries by Call Number: online (ebook)Publication Date: 2016
Speaking as Women Leaderss: The Language of Women Leaders in Middle Eastern and Western Contexts by Call Number: online (ebook)Publication Date: 2016
Films
- Films on Demand (Infobase) This link opens in a new windowThis includes the Master Academic Video, World Cinema and the Master Career & Technical Education collections. Master Academic includes over 40,000 videos in the humanities and social sciences, science, business and economics, health and medicine. The World Cinema Collection includes over 1,000 titles from the best of the silent era, groundbreaking international directors, masterpieces from the mid-20th century, and contemporary films from around the world, including Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, the Caribbean, the Middle East, and North America.
