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UNINA9910450579503321 |
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Autore |
Varisco Daniel |
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Titolo |
Islam Obscured [[electronic resource] ] : The Rhetoric of Anthropological Representation |
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New York, : Palgrave Macmillan, 2005 |
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ISBN |
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1-281-36718-4 |
9786611367183 |
1-4039-7342-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (237 p.) |
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Collana |
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Contemporary Anthropology of Religion |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Ethnology |
Ethnology - Islamic countries |
Islam |
Islam and culture |
Islam and culture - Islamic countries |
Religion |
Philosophy & Religion |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Anthropology and Islam; Chapter 1 Clifford Geertz: Islam Observed Again; Chapter 2 Ernest Gellner: Idealized to a Fault; Chapter 3 Beyond the Veil: At Play in the Bed of the Prophet; Chapter 4 Akbar Ahmed: Discovering Islam Inside Out; Epilogue: Muslims Observed: The Lessons From Anthropology; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Islam Obscured is a critical analysis of the rhetoric in representing Islam in several widely-read anthropological texts, as well as an assessment of the role of ethnography in better understanding the behavior of Muslims. |
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