Islamic spectrum in Java
This empirically grounded work explores the emerging aspects of cultural politics in the world's most populous Muslim nation, engaging with complex issues of cultural translation, localization and globalization from various perspectives. With its discussion of both old and new Islamic movements...
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| Format: | Electronic |
| Language: | English |
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Farnham, England ; Burlington, VT :
Ashgate,
c2009.
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| Series: | Anthropology and cultural history in Asia and the Indo-Pacific.
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| Online Access: | View fulltext via EzAccess MyiLibrary |
| Summary: | This empirically grounded work explores the emerging aspects of cultural politics in the world's most populous Muslim nation, engaging with complex issues of cultural translation, localization and globalization from various perspectives. With its discussion of both old and new Islamic movements, alongside the contested religious interpretations of public cultural events, this book will be of interest not only to anthropologists, but also to scholars of religion, culture and sociology. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiv, 191 p.) : ill., maps. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [173]-182) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780754697190 (electronic bk.) 0754697193 (electronic bk.) |