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FROM PRE-ISLAM TO MANDATE STATES: EXAMINING CULTURAL IMPERIALISM AND CULTURAL BLEED IN THE LEVANT
| Title: | FROM PRE-ISLAM TO MANDATE STATES: EXAMINING CULTURAL IMPERIALISM AND CULTURAL BLEED IN THE LEVANT. |
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| Name(s): |
Willman, Gabriel, Author Özoğlu, Hakan, Committee Chair University of Central Florida, Degree Grantor |
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| Type of Resource: | text | |
| Date Issued: | 2013 | |
| Publisher: | University of Central Florida | |
| Language(s): | English | |
| Abstract/Description: | To a large degree, historical analyses of the Levantine region tend to focus primarily upon martial interaction and state formation. However, perhaps of equitable impact is the chronology of those interactions which are cultural in nature. The long-term formative effect of cultural imperialism and cultural bleed can easily be as influential as the direct alterations imposed by martial invasion. While this study does not attempt to establish comparative causal weight or catalytic impact between these types of interactions, it does contend that the cultural evolution of the Levant has been significantly influenced by external interaction for a period of time extending beyond the Levantine Islamic Expansion. This study presents a chronological examination of the region from the pre-Expansion Period through the Mandate Period, focused upon relevant cultural structures. Specifically, emphasis is placed upon religious, ethnic, and nationalistic identity development, sociolinguistic shifts, and institutional changes within the societal structure. The primary conclusion of this study is that significant evidence exists to support a long-term historical narrative of externally influenced Levantine cultural evolution, inclusive of both adaptive and reactive interactions. | |
| Identifier: | CFH0004490 (IID), ucf:45075 (fedora) | |
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2013-08-01 B.A. Arts and Humanities, Dept. of History Bachelors This record was generated from author submitted information. |
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| Subject(s): |
Cultural Imperialism Cultural Bleed The Levant Mandate States Jordan Transjordan Syria Lebanon Palestine Greater Syria Islamic Expansion Cultural Evolution Arab Identity Linguistic Imperialism Identity Development Arab Nationalism Israel Levantine History Pre-Islamic History Cultural Interaction |
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| Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFH0004490 | |
| Restrictions on Access: | campus 2014-08-01 | |
| Host Institution: | UCF |
