ISBN:
1403973423
,
1403967733
,
1403967725
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (226 p)
Edition:
1st ed
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
Contemporary Anthropology of Religion Ser
Series Statement:
Contemporary anthropology of religion
Parallel Title:
Print version Islam Obscured : The Rhetoric of Anthropological Representations
DDC:
306.697
Keywords:
Islam and culture
;
Ethnology
;
Islam
;
Religion and sociology
;
Electronic books
;
Ethnology ; Islamic countries
;
Islam and culture ; Islamic countries
;
Islam
Abstract:
"Islam Obscured" is a critical analysis of the rhetoric in representing Islam in several widely-read anthropological texts, as well as an assessment of the role of ethnography in better understanding the behavior of Muslims
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Anthropology and Islam; Chapter 1 Clifford Geertz: Islam Observed Again; Chapter 2 Ernest Gellner: Idealized to a Fault; Chapter 3 Beyond the Veil: At Play in the Bed of the Prophet; Chapter 4 Akbar Ahmed: Discovering Islam Inside Out; Epilogue: Muslims Observed: The Lessons From Anthropology; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-220) and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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