| Description |
1 online resource (226 pages) |
| Series |
Contemporary anthropology of religion |
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Contemporary anthropology of religion.
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| Contents |
Introduction: Anthropology and Islam -- Clifford Geertz: Islam Observed Again -- Ernest Gellner: Idealized to a Fault -- Beyond the Veil: At Play in the Bed of the Prophet -- Akbar Ahmed: Discovering Islam Inside Out -- Epilogue: Muslims Observed: The Lessons from Anthropology |
| Summary |
Islam Obscured analyzes four seminal anthropology texts on Muslims that have been read widely outside the discipline. Two are by distinguished anthropologists: Islam Observed (Clifford Geertz, 1968) and Muslim Society (Ernest Gellner, 1981). Two other texts are by Muslim scholars: Beyond the Veil (Fatima Mernissi, 1975) and Discovering Islam (Akbar Ahmed, 1988). Varisco argues that each of these approaches Islam as an essentialized organic unity rather than letting "islams" found in the field speak to the diversity of practice. He sheds light on Islam as a cultural phenomenon, representation of the other, Muslim gender roles, politics of ethnographic authority, and Orientalist discourse. Varisco's analysis goes beyond the rhetoric over what Islam is, focusing instead on ethnographic research about what Muslims say they do and actually are observed doing |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-220) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Islam.
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Ethnology -- Islamic countries
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Islam and culture -- Islamic countries
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Islam and culture -- Arab countries
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Ethnology -- Arab countries.
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Islam
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Islam.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Islamic Studies.
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Ethnology
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Islam
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Islam and culture
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Islam.
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Antropologische aspecten.
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Religion.
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Philosophy & Religion.
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Islam.
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Arab countries
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Islamic countries
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2004050514 |
| ISBN |
9781403973429 |
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1403973423 |
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9781403967725 |
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1403967725 |
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9781403967732 |
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1403967733 |
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