Women’s culture in Saudi Arabia (1900- 1940): an ethnohistorical study

Alhuzami, N and Bailey, O ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7266-7651, 2021. Women’s culture in Saudi Arabia (1900- 1940): an ethnohistorical study. Journal of Arts and Humanities, 10 (5). ISSN 2167-9053

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Abstract

Whilst much has been written about women in the Middle East, there are several aspects that hitherto have not been explored by anthropologists and historians. This article provides a new perspective of the women’s culture in Saudi Arabia in the early decades of the last century using oral history and storytelling. Oral history can fill in the gaps in the written history of women and provide a new narrative that is written by women themselves. The main data method is in-depth interviews with eight women about their life stories and their mothers’. The results present an ethnographic portrait of the culture from several aspects such as roles and relationships. The study contributes to knowledge as it provides novel data about the women’s culture in Saudi Arabia (1900-1940) through the memories of women themselves, which has never been done previously.

Item Type:	Journal article
Publication Title:	Journal of Arts and Humanities
Creators:	Alhuzami, N. and Bailey, O.
Publisher:	Maryland Institute of Research, Center for Socio-Economic Research
Date:	13 May 2021
Volume:	10
Number:	5
ISSN:	2167-9053
Identifiers:	Number Type 1444431 Other
Divisions:	Schools > School of Arts and Humanities
Record created by:	Laura Ward
Date Added:	08 Jun 2021 10:39
Last Modified:	08 Jun 2021 10:39
Related URLs:	Publisher
URI:	https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/43020

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