| Ethnographies of Islam: Ritual Performances and Everyday Practices Contributor(s): Dupret, Baudouin (Editor), Pierret, Thomas (Editor), Pinto, Paulo G. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0748689842 ISBN-13: 9780748689842 Publisher: Edinburgh University Press OUR PRICE: $36.05 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Islam - Rituals & Practice - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social - History | Middle East - General |
| Dewey: 305.697 |
| Series: Exploring Muslim Contexts Eup |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" (0.80 lbs) 208 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Islamic |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 emergence of cultural pluralism and individual freedom. Such discourses are countered by the contributors who show the diversity and plurality of Muslim societies and promote a reflection on how the ethnographic method allows the description, representation and analysis of the social and cultural complexity of Muslim societies in the discourse of anthropology. |