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Titolo: | Interpreting Islam / / editor, Hastings Donnan |
Pubblicazione: | London : , : SAGE, , 2002 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (viii, 196 pages) |
Disciplina: | 297.26 |
Soggetto topico: | Islam |
Islam - Study and teaching | |
Soggetto geografico: | Islamic countries Social life and customs |
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: | 1-4462-1746-9 |
1-280-36942-6 | |
9786610369423 | |
1-4129-3184-3 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910783594703321 |
Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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