Muslim Custodians of Jewish Spaces in Morocco: Drinking the Milk of Trust Softcover Repri Edition Contributor(s): Driver, Cory Thomas Pechan (Author) |
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ISBN: 3030076482 ISBN-13: 9783030076481 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $94.99 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2018 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social - Social Science | Sociology Of Religion - Religion | Islam - General |
Dewey: 297 |
Series: Contemporary Anthropology of Religion |
Physical Information: 0.44" H x 5.83" W x 8.27" (0.55 lbs) 190 pages |
Themes: - Religious Orientation - Islamic |
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Publisher Description: Exploring the roles of Muslim guards and guides in Jewish cemeteries in Morocco, Cory Thomas Pechan Driver suggests that these custodians use performances of ritual and caring acts for Jewish graves for multiple reasons. Imazighen Berbers] stress their close ties with Jews in order to create a moral self intentionally set apart from the mono-ethically Arab and mono-religiously Muslim Morocco. Other subjects, and particularly women, use their ties with Jewish sites to harness power and prestige in their communities. Others still may care for these grave sites to express grief for a close Jewish friend or adoptive family. In examining these motives, Driver not only documents the flow of material and spiritual capital across religious lines, but also moves beyond Muslim memory of the past on the one hand and Jewish dread of the future on the other to think about the Muslim/Jewish present in Morocco. |