Ethnographies of Islam [electronic resource] : ritual performances and everyday practices / edited by Baudouin Dupret ... [et al.].

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
Uniform Title:	Exploring Muslim contexts.
Corporate Author:	Aga Khan University. Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations
Other Authors:	Dupret, Baudouin
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.
Online Access:	EBSCO eBooks: 2012 (EBSCO) eBook Academic Collection (EBSCOhost) – North America: 2012 (EBSCO)
Variant Title:	Ethnographies of Islam: Ritual Performances and Everyday Practices
Format:	Electronic eBook

Ethnographies of Islam : ritual performances and everyday practices

Published: Edinburgh University Press, 2012

Physical Description: vi, 202 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

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