Space, Kinship and Gender (ص 244)

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Space, Kinship and Gender (ص 244)

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dden with perennial conflicts
sheik) nd other neighbouring Sheikhdonms,
laheen factions (Qais and Yem
between the different village clans or members
en),
ponents of the
However, of these conflicts were essential com
prevailing "system" ; their structural consequ reinforce
the status quo, resulting in continuous adjustments of the
different aspects of village life with a stable pattern. It was the
nature of these modifications that made the present and the future
close resemblance to the past, hence enh
cing a sense of
rive stability and continuity in community life.
bear
In the process of this ‘'natural' change, the culture as a whole was
able to retain some measure of autonomy. The community was capable
of selection by which new forms or new
This selectivity operated in such «
a place within the old fabric.
most important characteristic of this kind of change was that
conflicts and tensions we n the existing
hreats
nor challenges to the structure of the existing
institutions. Hence there was no sense that anything essential ha
of
techniques
that certain innovations found
re accomo
normative order. Such changes neither present
been renounced. Consequently, the chain of transmission
raditional patterns and norms renmair
unbroken.
sically.
One can argue that the essence of avr
ch change
was
ge structure, whether socially or fr

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