Prayer in the City: The Making of Muslim Sacred Places and Urban Life
This volume envisions social practices surrounding mosques, shrines and public spaces in urban contexts as a window on the diverse ways in which Muslims in different regional and historical settings imagine, experience, and inhabit places and spaces as »sacred«. Unlike most studies on Muslim communi...
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| Tipo di documento: | Elettronico Libro |
| Lingua: | Inglese |
| Servizio "Subito": | Ordinare ora. |
| Verificare la disponibilità: | HBZ Gateway |
| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
| Pubblicazione: |
Bielefeld
transcript Verlag
2012
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| In: | Anno: 2012 |
| Periodico/Rivista: | Globaler lokaler Islam
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| (sequenze di) soggetti normati: | B
Islam
/ Sacrario
/ Mondo di vita
/ Città
/ Spazio urbano
/ Pratica religiosa
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| Altre parole chiave: | B
Space
B Atti del convengo B Ethnology B City B Islam; Religion; Culture; Place; Space; City; Urbanity; Ethnology; Islamic Studies; Urban Studies; Sociology of Religion B Urbanity B Islamic Studies B Raccolta di saggi B Religione B Urban Studies B sociology of religion B Culture B Place |
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| Edizione parallela: | Non elettronico
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| Riepilogo: | This volume envisions social practices surrounding mosques, shrines and public spaces in urban contexts as a window on the diverse ways in which Muslims in different regional and historical settings imagine, experience, and inhabit places and spaces as »sacred«. Unlike most studies on Muslim communities, this volume focuses on cultural, material and sensuous practices and urban everyday experience. Drawing on a range of analytical perspectives, the contributions examine spatial practices in Muslim societies from an interdisciplinary perspective, an approach which has been widely neglected both in Islamic studies and social sciences. |
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| ISBN: | 383941945X |