The culture of Islam
Rosen, 1941-
The culture of Islam : changing aspects of contemporary Muslim life [Text] Lawrence Rosen - Chicago University of Chicago Press 2002 - xvii, 230 p. 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-228) and index
Contents: Ambivalent culture. The circle of beneficence : narrating coher ence in a world of corruption -- Ambivalence towards power : approaches t o authority in postcolonial Morocco -- What is a tribe, and why does it m atter? -- Constructing institutions in a political culture of personalism -- Memory worlds, plausible worlds. Contesting sainthood -- Memory in Mo rocco -- Have the Arabs changed their mind? -- Shifting concepts, Discern ing change. Marriage stories : crossing the boundaries of nation, gender, and law -- Euro-Islam -- Never in doubt : Salman Rushdie's deeper challe nge to Islam
0226726134
DT312
DT 312.R64 2002 / .0964
The culture of Islam : changing aspects of contemporary Muslim life [Text] Lawrence Rosen - Chicago University of Chicago Press 2002 - xvii, 230 p. 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-228) and index
Contents: Ambivalent culture. The circle of beneficence : narrating coher ence in a world of corruption -- Ambivalence towards power : approaches t o authority in postcolonial Morocco -- What is a tribe, and why does it m atter? -- Constructing institutions in a political culture of personalism -- Memory worlds, plausible worlds. Contesting sainthood -- Memory in Mo rocco -- Have the Arabs changed their mind? -- Shifting concepts, Discern ing change. Marriage stories : crossing the boundaries of nation, gender, and law -- Euro-Islam -- Never in doubt : Salman Rushdie's deeper challe nge to Islam
0226726134
DT312
DT 312.R64 2002 / .0964