Alexander Jabbari Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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Professor of sundry Persianate things. Tweeting about philology (Persian, Urdu, Semitic), language, literature, history, Muslim and Jewish stuff, Marxism
Temporary People
Deepak UnnikrishnanAlexander JabbariFrom "Temporary People" by Deepak Unnikrishnan. On migrant labor in the Gulf. https://t.co/DRPrEPEFqF
Paperback, 2017
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Bride and Groom
Alisa GanievaAlexander Jabbari@peterlinpl @LanguageCrawler @avzaagzonunaada I think you might like the novel Bride and Groom by Alisa Ganieva, though maybe you'd prefer to read it in the original Russian (Жених и невеста)
Paperback, 2018
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Sand-Buried Ruins of Khotan: Personal Narrative of a Journey of Archaeological and Geographical Exploration in Chinese Turkestan; With Map
Aurel SteinAlexander JabbariSource: Aurel Stein's travelogue "Sand-buried ruins of Khotan : personal narrative of a journey of archaeological and geographical exploration in Chinese Turkestan" https://t.co/Zvol6YQqGm
Out of stock
Genealogical Classification of Semitic: The Lexical Isoglosses
Leonid KoganAlexander JabbariThe root kh-m-r with the sense of fermenting > wine appears all over the Semitic family (described here in Leonid Kogan's "Genealogical Classification of Semitic") https://t.co/sdFJOrCbYH
Hardcover, 2014
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Professing Criticism: Essays on the Organization of Literary Study
John GuilloryAlexander JabbariVery good review of John Guillory's "Professing Criticism" (on literary study in contemporary Anglo-American academia) https://t.co/dZChPzL4Bv
Paperback, 2022
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Producing Desire: Changing Sexual Discourse in the Ottoman Middle East, 1500-1900 Volume 52
Dror Ze'eviAlexander Jabbari@AegeanNative There are a couple of really great books on the subject: The Age of Beloveds by Mehmet Kalpakli and Walter G. Andrews Producing Desire by Dror Ze'evi
Paperback, 2006
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Catalogue Of Hindustani Printed Books
Jf BlumhardtAlexander Jabbari@aaronjrferguson @oceans_need Metcalf says it's this one mentioned in J.F. Blumhardt's catalogue of Hindustani printed books https://t.co/ttg4xTd5QZ
Hardcover, 2016
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People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present
Dara HornAlexander JabbariI didn't love Dara Horn's "People Love Dead Jews", which I just read. She articulates a worldview that is rooted in an unchanging, unchangeable victimhood, a vision of perpetual and inevitable antisemitism. It's neither an accurate nor a healthy way of seeing the world. 🧵1/13
Paperback, 2022
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Sand-buried Ruins Of Khotan: Personal Narrative Of A Journey Of Archaeological & Geographical Exploration In Chinese Turkestan
Aurel SteinAlexander JabbariSource: Aurel Stein's travelogue "Sand-buried ruins of Khotan : personal narrative of a journey of archaeological and geographical exploration in Chinese Turkestan" https://t.co/Zvol6YQqGm
Paperback, 2022
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Greek Lessons
Han KangAlexander Jabbari“...A language that would, the moment someone opened their mouth and pronounced it, explode and expand as all matter had at the universe’s beginning.” Han Kang, Greek Lessons https://t.co/Al7hpRPml3
Paperback, 2024
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