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UNINA9910781085103321 |
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Autore |
Marranci Gabriele |
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Titolo |
Faith, ideology and fear [[electronic resource] ] : Muslim identities within and beyond prisons / / Gabriele Marranci |
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London ; ; New York : , : Continuum, , 2009 |
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ISBN |
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1-00-308539-3 |
1-000-18958-9 |
1-003-08539-3 |
1-4725-4851-5 |
1-282-45295-9 |
9786612452956 |
1-4411-5815-4 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (190 p.) |
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Collana |
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Continuum religious studies |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Prisoners - Religious life - Great Britain |
Muslims - Great Britain |
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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 bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction -- Muslims, Islam and crime in the United Kingdom -- Excluded and borderline lives : crime and existential fear -- Bars, fluorescent lights and alienation : 'the torment of the grave' -- Rediscovering Islam in prison : between wonder and cognitive opening -- The shahadah of freedom : from doctrinal to imagistic modes of Islam -- From caged bodies to caged souls : the dystopian experience of leaving prison -- Conclusions. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Based on four years anthropological research within prisons and Muslim communities in the UK, this book offers a unique discussion of the relationship between the experience of prison among Muslims and the formation of religious identity. Gabriele Marranci thoroughly examines Muslim religious life in prison, the work of Muslim chaplains and imams (and the overall impact that they have on Muslim prisoners), providing an analysis of the current prison policies aiming to prevent |
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