The anthropology of Islam

• Main Author: Marranci, Gabriele.
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford ; New York : Berg, 2008.
• Subjects: Islam > Study and teaching.; Anthropology of religion > Islamic countries.; Islamic sociology.; Anthropology > Methodology.; Islam.; SOCIAL SCIENCE > Islamic Studies.; Sociale aspecten.; Electronic books.
• Online Access: ebrary; View fulltext via EzAccess
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (182 p.)
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. [151]-172) and index.
• ISBN: 9781847885432 (electronic bk.); 1847885438 (electronic bk.)

"The Anthropology of Islam argues that Islam today needs to be studied as a living religion through the observation of everyday Muslim life. Drawing on extensive original fieldwork, Marranci provides provocative analyses of Islam and its relation to issues such as identities, politics, culture, power and gender." "The Anthropology of Islam is unprecedented in its innovative and challenging discussion about fieldwork among Muslims, and its ethnographically based interpretations of contemporary aspects of Islam in a post-September 11th society. The book will appeal to those in anthropology and beyond who see and are interested in investigating the unsettled place of Islam in our multicultural society."--Jacket.