The Culture of Islam
Changing Aspects of Contemporary Muslim Life
246 pages, 6 x 9
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2002
Cloth $24.00
ISBN: 9780226726137
Published January 2003
Paper $19.00
ISBN: 9780226726151
Published June 2004
Introduction PART ONE ~ Ambivalent Culture 1. The Circle of Beneficence: Narrating Coherence in a World of Corruption 2. Ambivalence towards Power: Approaches to Authority in Postcolonial Morocco 3.What Is a Tribe, and Why Does It Matter? 4. Constructing Institutions on a Political Culture of Personalism PART TWO ~ Memory Worlds, Plausible Worlds 5. Contesting Sainthood 6. Memory in Morocco 7. Have the Arabs Changed Their Mind? PART THREE ~ Shifting Concepts, Discerning Change 8. Marriage Stories: Crossing the Boundaries of Nation, Gender, and Law 9. Euro-Islam 10. Never in Doubt: Salman Rushdie's Deeper Challenge to Islam Notes Bibliography Index
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