Interpreting Islam / / editor, Hastings Donnan
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| Titolo: |
Interpreting Islam / / editor, Hastings Donnan
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| Pubblicazione: | London : , : SAGE, , 2002 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| 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
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| 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.: | 9910814534003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
Politics and culture (London, England)