An Enchanted Modern: Gender and Public Piety in Shi'i Lebanon - Paperback
by Lara Deeb
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Availability:In StockContributor:Lara DeebSeries:Princeton Studies in Muslim Politics #17Publish date:2006-03-19Pages:288
Language:EnglishPublisher:Princeton University PressISBN-13:9780691124216ISBN-10:691124213UPC:9780691124216Book Category:Social Science, ReligionBook Subcategory:Anthropology, Gender Studies, IslamBook Topic:Cultural & Social, Shi'aSize:9.28 x 6.09 x 0.68 inchesWeight:0.9105Product ID:SCRH2DTBYH
An Enchanted Modern: Gender and Public Piety in Shi'i Lebanon
Based on two years of ethnographic research in the southern suburbs of Beirut, An Enchanted Modern demonstrates that Islam and modernity are not merely compatible, but actually go hand-in-hand. This eloquent ethnographic portrayal of an Islamic community articulates how an alternative modernity, and specifically an enchanted modernity, may be constructed by Shi'I Muslims who consider themselves...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Princeton University PressISBN-13:9780691124216ISBN-10:691124213UPC:9780691124216Book Category:Social Science, ReligionBook Subcategory:Anthropology, Gender Studies, IslamBook Topic:Cultural & Social, Shi'aSize:9.28 x 6.09 x 0.68 inchesWeight:0.9105Product ID:SCRH2DTBYH
Lara Deeb is a cultural anthropologist and Assistant Professor of Women's Studies at the University of California, Irvine.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
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