Ethnographies of Islam  ritual performances and everyday practices /  [Texte imprimé] : 
edited by Baudouin Dupret, Thomas Pierret, Paulo G. Point...[et al.] 
 - Edinburgh :  [Hyderâbâd] :  Edinburgh University Press ;  The age Khan University,  cop. 2012 
 - 1 vol. (VI-202 p.) :  ill. ;  25 cm 
 - Exploring Muslim contexts .
 - Exploring Muslim contexts (Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh) .
<br/><br/>Notes bibliogr. 
<br/><br/>Part I : performing rituals -- Part II : contextualising interactions -- Part III : the ethnography of history. 
<br/><br/> This comparative approach to the various uses of the ethnographic method in research about Islam in anthropology and other social sciences is particularly relevant in the current climate. Political discourses and stereotypical media portrayals of Islam as a monolithic civilisation have prevented the emergence of cultural pluralism and individual freedom. Such discourses are countered by the contributors who show the diversity and plurality of Muslim societies and promote a reflection on how the ethnographic method allows the description, representation and analysis of the social and cultural complexity of Muslim societies in the discourse of anthropology.--provided by publisher 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>978-0-7486-4550-3 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Religious life--Islam Islam--Customs and practices Rites and ceremonies--Islamic countries Islam--Rituals Pluralism--Religious aspects--Islam Muslim diaspora Muslims--Ethnic identity Islam and civil society 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>306.6108691