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Introducing innovative new research from international scholars
working on Islamic fashion and its critics, Islamic Fashion and
Anti-Fashion provides a global perspective on muslim dress
practices. The book takes a broad geographic sweep, bringing
together the sartorial experiences of Muslims in locations as
diverse as Paris, the Canadian Prairie, Swedish and Italian bath
houses and former socialist countries of Eastern Europe. What new
Islamic dress practices and anxieties are emerging in these
different locations? How far are they shaped by local
circumstances, migration histories, particular religious
traditions, multicultural interfaces and transnational links? To
what extent do developments in and debates about Islamic dress cut
across such local specificities, encouraging new channels of
communication and exchange? With original contributions from the
fields of anthropology, fashion studies, media studies, religious
studies, history, geography and cultural studies, Islamic Fashion
and Anti-Fashion will be of interest to students and scholars
working in these fields as well as to general readers interested in
the public presence of Islam in Europe and America.
'What Happened?' addresses the thorny issue of truth in law, within
the context of Muslim societies. The truth, in legal terms, is the
version of 'what happened' which carries most authority. This
original and thought-provoking book looks at how this narrative is
constructed in Muslim societies, and which truths are privileged
over others in constructing it. In marriage courts in Egypt for
example the truth is deemed to be a version of events that is
acceptable to both parties. Looking at a range of contrasting case
studies, from Sharia courts to inquiries into police abuse, this
book book explores how ordinary stories are transformed into
authoritative truths. The case studies are situated in the
framework of wider debates about truth, law and power in Middle
Eastern societies.
..". one of those rare edited volumes that advances social
thought as it provides substantive religious and media ethnography
that is good to think with." Dale Eickelman, Dartmouth College
Increasingly, Pentecostal, Buddhist, Muslim, Jewish, Hindu, and
indigenous movements all over the world make use of a great variety
of modern mass media, both print and electronic. Through religious
booklets, radio broadcasts, cassette tapes, television talk-shows,
soap operas, and documentary film these movements address multiple
publics and offer alternative forms of belonging, often in
competition with the postcolonial nation-state. How have new
practices of religious mediation transformed the public sphere? How
has the adoption of new media impinged on religious experiences and
notions of religious authority? Has neo-liberalism engendered a
blurring of the boundaries between religion and entertainment? The
vivid essays in this interdisciplinary volume combine rich
empirical detail with theoretical reflection, offering new
perspectives on a variety of media, genres, and religions."
According to Islamic law, women are entitled to inherit property, receive a dower at marriage, and to manage their own income. In practice, however, this is not always the case. In an anthropological study of Palestinian women from different stratas of society, Annelies Moors examines under what circumstances they claim property rights and when they are prevented from doing so. The combination of oral history and written legal sources presents an informed and sophisticated challenge to the conclusions of existing literature on the region.
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