ISBN:
0520964403
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9780520964402
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xv, 280 pages)
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Elias, Jamal J Alef is for Allah
DDC:
305.23088/297
Keywords:
Child development Cross-cultural studies Social aspects
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Muslim children Cross-cultural studies Religious life
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Visual perception Cross-cultural studies
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Children in mass media Case studies Social aspects
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Children in mass media Case studies Social aspects
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Children in mass media Case studies Social aspects
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Emotions Social aspects
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Discrimination & Race Relations
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Minority Studies
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ART ; Art & Politics
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Child development ; Social aspects
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Emotions ; Social aspects
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Muslim children ; Religious life
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Visual perception
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Case studies
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Cross-cultural studies
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Iran
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Middle East
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Pakistan
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Turkey
Abstract:
"Alef is for Allah is the first groundbreaking study of the emotional space occupied by children in modern Islamic societies. Focusing primarily on visual representations of children from modern Turkey, Iran, and Pakistan, the book examines these materials to investigate important concepts, ranging from innocence, cuteness, gender, virtue and devotion to community, nationhood, violence and sacrifice. In addition to exploring a topic that has never been studied comparatively before, Alef is for Allah extends the boundaries of scholarship on emotion, religion, and visual culture, providing unique insight into Islam as it is lived and experienced in the modern world."--Provided by publisher
Abstract:
Of children, objects and seeing : an introduction -- Emotion and its affects -- Bringing up baby : the construction of childhood -- Good Muslim boys do their homework -- Cuteness and childhood in Turkey -- The poster children of Pakistan -- Toy guns and the real dead in Iran -- Of children, adults and tomorrow : a conclusion.
Note:
"Simpson, imprint in humanities."
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Includes bibliographical references and index
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1525/california/9780520290075.001.0001
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