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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Format: | Electronic Book |
Language: | English |
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Published: |
New York
Cambridge University Press
2020
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In: | Year: 2020 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Egypt
/ Syria
/ Islam
/ Ritual objects
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Further subjects: | B
Electronic books
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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 |