Living Islam: Muslim Religious Experience in Pakistan's North-West Frontier - Couverture souple

Marsden, Magnus

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0521617650 ISBN 13 : 9780521617659

Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2005

Synopsis

Popular representations of Pakistan's North West Frontier have long featured simplistic images of tribal blood feuds, fanatical religion, and the seclusion of women. The rise to power of the radical Taliban regime in neighbouring Afghanistan enhanced the region's reputation as a place of anti-Western militancy. Magnus Marsden is an anthropologist who has immersed himself in the lives of the Frontier's villagers for more than ten years. His evocative study of the Chitral region challenges all these stereotypes. Through an exploration of the everyday experiences of both men and women, he shows that the life of a good Muslim in Chitral is above all a mindful life, enhanced by the creative force of poetry, dancing and critical debate. Challenging much that has been assumed about the Muslim world, this 2005 study makes a powerful contribution to the understanding of religion and politics both within and beyond the Muslim societies of southern Asia.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Magnus Marsden is Lecturer on the anthropology of Islam, as well as on religion and politics in Pakistan, at the University of Cambridge.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date d'édition: 2005
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0521617650
• ISBN 13: 9780521617659
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 314
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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