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UNINA9910962815403321 |
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Titolo |
Interpreting Islam / / edited by Hastings Donnan |
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London ; ; Thousand Oaks, : SAGE, 2002 |
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London : , : SAGE, , 2002 |
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ISBN |
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9786610369423 |
9781446217467 |
1446217469 |
9781280369421 |
1280369426 |
9781412931847 |
1412931843 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (viii, 196 pages) |
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Collana |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Islam |
Libros electrónicos. |
Islamic countries Social life and customs |
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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 index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Contents; List of Contributors; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 - Interpreting Interpretations of Islam; Chapter 2 - Orientalism, or the Politics of the Text; Chapter 3 - Researching the Radical: The quest for a new perspective; Chapter 4 - Islam in the Media; Chapter 5 - Interpreting Islam in American Schools; Chapter 6 - Ideological Dimensions of Islam: A critical paragigm; Chapter 7 - Kissing Cousins: Anthropologists on Islam; Chapter 8 - Islam and the Sea: The causes of a failure; Chapter 9 - Organized Charity in the Arab-Islamic World: A view from the NGOs; Chapter 10 - Silver Sounds in the Inner Citadel? Reflections on musicology and Islam; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Surrounded by myths and stereotypes, Islam is one of the least understood religions in the West. Interpreting Islam provides a penetrating guide to the diversity and richness of contemporary knowledge about Islam and Muslim society in general. |
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