Crossing the kingdom [electronic resource] portraits of Saudi Arabia

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자료유형	e-Book
서명/저자사항	Crossing the kingdom [electronic resource]: portraits of Saudi Arabia / Loring M. Danforth.
개인저자	Danforth, Loring M., 1949- author.
발행사항	Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2016].
형태사항	1 online resource.
기타형태 저록	Print version: Danforth, Loring M., 1949- Crossing the kingdom 9780520290280
ISBN	9780520964518 0520964519 0520964519
서지주기	Includes bibliographical references and index.
내용주기	Can oil bring happiness? alternate visions of Saudi Aramco -- Driving while female: protesting the ban on women driving -- Saudi modern: art on the edge -- Finding science in the Qur'an: creationism and concordism in Islam -- Roads of Arabia: archaeology in service of the kingdom -- Saving Jeddah, the bride of the Red Sea -- Who can go to Mecca? conversion and pilgrimage in Islam.
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요약	"For many people, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia evokes images of deserts, camels, and oil, along with rich sheiks in white robes, oppressed women in black veils, and terrorists. But when Loring Danforth travelled through the country in 2011, he found a world much more complex and inspiring than he could have ever imagined. With vivid descriptions and moving personal narratives, Danforth takes us across the kingdom from the headquarters of Saudi Aramco, the country's national oil company, on the Persian Gulf to the centuries-old city of Jeddah on the Red Sea coast. He presents detailed portraits of a young woman jailed for protesting the ban on women driving, a Sufi scholar encouraging Muslims and Christians to struggle together with love to know God, and an artist citing the Qur'an and using metal gears and chains to celebrate the diversity of the pilgrims who come to Mecca"--Provided by publisher.
주제명(지명)	Saudi Arabia --Description and travel. Saudi Arabia. --fast
일반주제명	HISTORY --Middle East --General. Travel.
분류기호(DDC)	953.805
언어	영어
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