Interpreting Islam / / edited by Hastings Donnan

• Pubblicazione: London ; ; Thousand Oaks, : SAGE, 2002; London : , : SAGE, , 2002
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (viii, 196 pages)
• Disciplina: 297
• Soggetto topico: Islam
• Soggetto geografico: Islamic countries Social life and customs
• Soggetto genere / forma: Libros electrónicos.
• Altri autori: DonnanHastings
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Interpreting Islam
• ISBN: 9786610369423; 9781446217467; 1446217469; 9781280369421; 1280369426; 9781412931847; 1412931843
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910962815403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Politics and culture (London, England)