Rosen, Lawrence, 1941-,

The culture of Islam : changing aspects of contemporary Muslim life / [print] Lawrence Rosen. - Chicago : University of Chicago Press, (c)2002. - xvii, 230 pages ; 24 cm.



Ambivalent culture. The circle of beneficence : narrating coherence in a world of corruption -- Ambivalence towards power : approaches to authority in postcolonial Morocco -- What is a tribe, and why does it matter? -- Constructing institutions in a political culture of personalism -- Memory worlds, plausible worlds. Contesting sainthood -- Memory in Morocco -- Have the Arabs changed their mind? -- Shifting concepts, Discerning change. Marriage stories : crossing the boundaries of nation, gender, and law -- Euro-Islam -- Never in doubt : Salman Rushdie's deeper challenge to Islam.



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Islamic civilization.
East and West.
Ethnology--Morocco.
Religion and culture.
Religion and politics--Morocco.

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