Ethnographies of Islam : ritual performances and everyday practices

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Label

Ethnographies of Islam : ritual performances and everyday practices

Title remainder

ritual performances and everyday practices

Statement of responsibility

edited by Badouin Dupret, Thomas Pierret, Paulo G. Pinto and Kathryn Spellman-Poots

Contributor

• Aga Khan University, Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations
• Dupret, Baudouin
• Dupret, Baudouin
• Pierret, Thomas
• Aga Khan University, Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations
• Pinto, Paulo Gabriel Hilu da Rocha
• Pinto, Paulo Gabriel Hilu da Rocha
• Spellman-Poots, Kathryn
• Spellman-Poots, Kathryn
• Pierret, Thomas

Subject

• Islam -- Customs and practices
• Islam -- Customs and practices
• Islam -- Rituals
• Islam -- Rituals
• Islam and civil society
• Islam and civil society
• Muslim diaspora
• Muslim diaspora
• Muslims -- Ethnic identity
• Muslims -- Ethnic identity
• Pluralism -- Religious aspects | Islam
• Pluralism -- Religious aspects | Islam
• Religious life -- Islam
• Religious life -- Islam
• Rites and ceremonies -- Islamic countries
• Rites and ceremonies -- Islamic countries

Language

eng

Summary

This comparative approach to the various uses of the ethnographic method in research about Islam in anthropology and other social sciences is particularly relevant in the current climate. Political discourses and stereotypical media portrayals of Islam as a monolithic civilisation have prevented the emergence of cultural pluralism and individual freedom. Such discourses are countered by the contributors who show the diversity and plurality of Muslim societies and promote a reflection on how the ethnographic method allows the description, representation and analysis of the social and cultural complexity of Muslim societies in the discourse of anthropology.--provided by publisher

Member of

• Exploring Muslim contexts

Cataloging source

UKMGB

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Series statement

Exploring Muslim contexts