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Islam through Objects

By Anna Bigelow (Editor), Amy R. Whitehead (Editor)
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By Anna Bigelow (Editor), Amy R. Whitehead (Editor)
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Islam through Objects represents the state of the field of Islamic material cultural studies. With contributions from scholars of religion, anthropologists, art historians, folklorists, historians, and other disciplines, Anna Bigelow brings together a wide range of perspectives on Islamic materiality to debunk myths of Islamic aversion to material aspects of religion.

Each chapter focuses on a single object in daily use by Muslims—prayer beads, coins, amulets, a cistern well, clothing, jewe...

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