Comparative Studies on Muslim Societies – serie
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Calligraphic State
Textual Domination and History in a Muslim Society
Häftad, 1996
299 kr
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In this innovative combination of anthropology, history, and postmodern theory, Brinkley Messick examines the changing relation of writing and authority in a Muslim society from the late nineteenth century to the present. The creation and interpretation of texts, from sacred scriptures to …
Disorienting Encounters
Travels of a Moroccan Scholar in France in 1845-1846. The Voyage of Muhammad As-Saffar
Av Muhammed As-Saffar, Susan Gilson Miller
Häftad, 1992
382 kr
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In December of 1845, Muhammad as-Saffar was sent by the reigning Moroccan sultan on a special diplomatic mission to Paris. During the journey, as-Saffar took careful notes and upon his return he hurriedly wrote this travel account. Why was the sultan, descendent of the Prophet Muhammad, and head of …
Prophet's Pulpit
Islamic Preaching in Contemporary Egypt
Häftad, 1994
500 kr
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Muslim preaching has been central in forming public opinion, building grassroots organizations, and developing leadership cadres for the wider Islamist agenda. Based on in-depth field research in Egypt, Patrick Gaffney focuses on the preacher and the sermon as the single most important medium for …
Heroes of the Age
Moral Fault Lines on the Afghan Frontier
Häftad, 1996
307 kr
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Much of the political turmoil that has occurred in Afghanistan since the Marxist revolution of 1978 has been attributed to the dispute between Soviet-aligned Marxists and the religious extremists inspired by Egyptian and Pakistani brands of 'fundamentalist' Islam. In a significant departure from …
Nationalism and the Genealogical Imagination
Oral History and Textual Authority in Tribal Jordan
Häftad, 1997
441 kr
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This book explores the transition from oral to written history now taking place in tribal Jordan, a transition that reveals the many ways in which modernity, literate historicity, and national identity are developing in the contemporary Middle East. As traditional Bedouin storytellers and literate …
Making Muslim Space in North America and Europe
Häftad, 1996
428 kr
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Focusing on the private and public use of space, this volume explores the religious life of the new Muslim communities in North America and Europe. Unlike most studies of immigrant groups, these essays concentrate on cultural practices and expressions of everyday life rather than on the political …
Rise of Islam and the Bengal Frontier, 1204-1760
Häftad, 1996
307 kr
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In all of the South Asian subcontinent, Bengal was the region most receptive to the Islamic faith. This area today is home to the world's second-largest Muslim ethnic population. How and why did such a large Muslim population emerge there? And how does such a religious conversion take place? …
Between Marriage and the Market
Intimate Politics and Survival in Cairo
Av Homa Hoodfar
Häftad, 1997
428 kr
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Homa Hoodfar's richly detailed ethnography provides a rare glimpse into the daily life of Arab Muslim families. Focusing on the impact of economic liberalization policies from 1983 to 1993, she shows the crucial role of the household in survival strategies among low-income Egyptians. Hoodfar, an …
Putting Islam to Work
Education, Politics, and Religious Transformation in Egypt
Häftad, 1998
416 kr
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The development of mass education and the mass media have transformed the Islamic tradition in contemporary Egypt and the wider Muslim world. In "Putting Islam to Work", Gregory Starrett focuses on the historical interplay of power and public culture, showing how these new forms of communication …
Muslim Rulers and Rebels
Everyday Politics and Armed Separatism in the Southern Philippines
Häftad, 1998
485 kr
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In this first ground-level account of the Muslim separatist rebellion in the Philippines, Thomas McKenna challenges prevailing anthropological analyses of nationalism as well as their underlying assumptions about the interplay of culture and power. He examines Muslim separatism against a background …
Rebel and Saint
Muslim Notables, Populist Protest, Colonial Encounters (Algeria and Tunisia, 1800-1904)
Häftad, 1997
515 kr
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Julia Clancy-Smith's unprecedented study brings us a remarkable view of North African history from the perspective of the North Africans themselves. Focusing on the religious beliefs and political actions of Muslim elites and their followers in Algeria and Tunisia, she provides a richly detailed …
Politics of Muslim Cultural Reform
Jadidism in Central Asia
Av Adeeb Khalid
Häftad, 1999
441 kr
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Adeeb Khalid offers the first extended examination of cultural debates in Central Asia during Russian rule. With the Russian conquest in the 1860s and 1870s the region came into contact with modernity. The Jadids, influential Muslim intellectuals, sought to safeguard the indigenous Islamic culture …
