Islam and the Devotional Object: Seeing Religion in Egypt and Syria

A new history of Islamic practice told through the aesthetic reception of medieval religious objects.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: McGregor, Richard J. A. (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: New York Cambridge University Press 2020
In:Year: 2020
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Egypt / Syria / Islam / Ritual objects
Further subjects:B Electronic books
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Parallel Edition:Electronic
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Summary:A new history of Islamic practice told through the aesthetic reception of medieval religious objects.
Cover -- Half-title -- Title page -- Copyright information -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Figures -- Maps -- Table -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Transliteration and Dates -- Introduction -- Beauty and Its Discontents -- A Poetics of the Mundane -- One Objects over Distance -- Two An Exuberant and Elusive Palanquin -- Three Processions, Banners, and the Religious Spectacle -- Four The Relic and Its Witness -- An Attempt at Classification -- Five Religious Topography and the Relic -- Six Defacing and Displacing -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Preface -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 -- Chapter 2 -- Chapter 3 -- Chapter 4 -- Chapter 5 -- Chapter 6 -- Epilogue -- Bibliography -- Secondary Literature -- Sources -- Index.
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ISBN:1108615082