The
culture of Islam
: changing aspects of contemporary Muslim life
Rosen
1941-
creator
text
abstract or summary
u
Chicago
University of Chicago Press
2002
monographic
e
xvii, 230 p. 24 cm
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
Lawrence Rosen
Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-228) and index
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Civilization, Islamic
East and West
Ethnology
Morocco
Religion and culture
Religion and politics
Morocco
Morocco
Social life and customs
DT312
DT 312.R64 2002 .0964
0226726134
DLC
0204
0226726134
z0226726134