| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 196 pages). |
| Series |
Politics and culture |
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Politics and culture (London, England)
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Interpreting interpretations of Islam / Hastings Donnan and Martin Stokes -- Orientalism, or the politics of the text / Bryan S. Turner -- Researching the radical : the quest for a new perspective / Beverley Milton-Edwards -- Islam in the media / Malise Ruthven -- Interpreting Islam in American schools / Susan L. Douglass and Ross E. Dunn -- Ideological dimensions of Islam : a critical paradigm / Ilyas Ba-Yunus -- Kissing cousins : anthropologists on Islam / Charles Lindholm -- Islam and the sea : the causes of a failure / Xavier de Planhol -- Organized charity in the Arab-Islamic world : a view from the NGOs / Jonathan Benthall -- Silver sounds in the inner citadel? Reflections on musicology and Islam / Martin Stokes. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Summary |
Surrounded by myths and stereotypes, Islam is one of the least understood religions in the West. Interpreting Islam provides a penetrating guide to the diversity and richness of contemporary knowledge about Islam and Muslim society in general. |
| Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified star MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
Islam.
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Islamic countries -- Social life and customs.
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Islam.
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RELIGION -- Islam -- General.
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Islam. (OCoLC)fst00979776
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Manners and customs. (OCoLC)fst01007815
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Islamic countries. (OCoLC)fst01244130
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Islam.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Donnan, Hastings.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Interpreting Islam. London ; Thousand Oaks : SAGE, 2002 0761954228 (DLC) 2002514398 (OCoLC)46909697 |
| ISBN |
1412931843 (electronic bk. ; Adobe Reader) |
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9781412931847 (electronic bk. ; Adobe Reader) |
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9781446217467 (electronic bk.) |
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1446217469 (electronic bk.) |
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