Ethnographies of Islam : ritual performances and everyday practices /

Ethnographies of Islam : ritual performances and everyday practices /

This comparative approach to the various uses of the ethnographic method in research about Islam in anthropology and other social sciences is particularly relevant in the current climate. Political discourses and stereotypical media portrayals of Islam as a monolithic civilisation have prevented the...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Aga Khan University. Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations
Other Authors: Dupret, Baudouin, Pierret, Thomas, Pinto, Paulo Gabriel Hilu da Rocha, Spellman-Poots, Kathryn
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2012.
Series:Exploring Muslim contexts.
Subjects:
Religious life > Islam.
Islam > Customs and practices.
Rites and ceremonies > Islamic countries.
Islam > Rituals.
Pluralism > Religious aspects > Islam.
Muslim diaspora.
Muslims > Ethnic identity.
Islam and civil society.

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