Ethnographies of Islam: Ritual Performances and Everyday Practices

Baudouin Dupret; Thomas Pierret; Paulo G. Pinto; Kathryn Spellman-Poots

Published by Edinburgh University Press 2012

Ethnographies of Islam

Ritual Performances and Everyday Practices

Baudouin Dupret , Thomas Pierret , Paulo G. Pinto and Kathryn Spellman-Poots

In the series Exploring Muslim Contexts

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780748645510

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About this book

Published in Association with the Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations

Explores the impact of the ethnographic method on the representation of Islam in anthropology

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.

Key Features

Shows the benefit of using ethnography as a method to engage with and relate to specific empirical realities
Includes case studies on rituals and symbols in Syria, Tunisia, Damascus, Algeria, Britain, Pakistan, Brazil and Lebanon
Covers practices such as veiling, students' religious practices, charitable activities, law, and scholarship in Egypt, Jordan, Turkey and Yemen

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
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Introduction Baudouin Dupret, Thomas Pierret, Paulo Pinto and Kathryn Spellman-Poots Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Part One. Performing Rituals
Chapter 1 Black Magic, Divination and Remedial Reproductive Agency in Northern Pakistan Emma Varley Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	11
Chapter 2 Preparing for the Hajj in Contemporary Tunisia: Between Religious and Administrative Ritual Katia Boissevain Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	21
Chapter 3 “There Used To Be Terrible Disbelief ”: Mourning and Social Change in Northern Syria Katharina Lange Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	31
Chapter 4 Manifestations of Ashura Among Young British Shi ‘is Kathryn Spellman-Poots Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	40
Chapter 5 The Ma‘ruf: An Ethnography of Ritual (South Algeria) Yazid Ben Hounet Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	50
Chapter 6 The Sufi Ritual of the Darb al-shish and the Ethnography of Religious Experience Paulo G. Pinto Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	62
Chapter 7 Preaching for Converts: Knowledge and Power in the Sunni Community in Rio de Janeiro Gisele Fonseca Chagas Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	71
Chapter 8 Worshipping the Martyr President: The Darih of Rafiq Hariri in Beirut Ward Vloeberghs Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	80
Chapter 9 Staging the Authority of the Ulama: The Celebration of the Mawlid in Urban Syria Thomas Pierret Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	93
Part Two. Contextualising Interactions
Chapter 10 The Salafi and the Others: An Ethnography of Intracommunal Relations in French Islam Cédric Baylocq and Akila Drici-Bechikh Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	105
Chapter 11 Describing Religious Practices among University Students: A Case Study from the University of Jordan, Amman Daniele Cantini Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	115
Chapter 12 Referring to Islam in Mutual Teasing: Notes on an Encounter between Two Tanzanian Revivalists Sigurd D’hondt Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	124
Chapter 13 Salafis as Shaykhs: Othering the Pious in Cairo Aymon Kreil Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	135
Chapter 14 Ethics of Care, Politics of Solidarity: Islamic Charitable Organisations in Turkey Hilal Alkan-Zeybek Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	144
Chapter 15 Making Shari‘a Alive: Court Practice under an Ethnographic Lens Susanne Dahlgren Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	153
Chapter 16 Referring to Islam as a Practice: Audiences, Relevancies and Language Games within the Egyptian Parliament Enrique Klaus and Baudouin Dupret Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	162
Chapter 17 Contesting Public Images of ‘Abd al-Halim Mahmud (1910–78): Who is an Authentic Scholar? Hatsuki Aishima Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	170
Part Three. The Ethnography of History
Chapter 18 Possessed of Documents: Hybrid Laws and Translated Texts in the Hadhrami Diaspora Michael Gilsenan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	181
About the Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	193
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	196

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Language: English
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 208
Illustrations
- Other: 18 B/W illustrations
Keywords: Islamic Studies

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Published: July 23, 2012
ISBN: 9780748645510