The Transnational Mosque : Architecture and Historical Memory in the Contemporary Middle East
Kishwar. Rizvi
Bok Engelsk 2016 · Electronic books.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (290 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Cover; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; A NOTE ON TRANSLITERATION; INTRODUCTION: AGENCY OF HISTORY: The Symbolic Potential of the Transnational Mosque; 1 Turkey and a Neo-Ottoman World Order: History as Ethno-imperialism; 2 Global Islam and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: An Architecture of Assimilation; 3 Iran and Shi'i Pilgrimage Networks: A Postrevolutionary Ideology; 4 Grand Mosques in the United Arab Emirates: Domesticating the Transnational; EPILOGUE: The Mutability of History; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z. - Kishwar Rizvi, drawing on the multifaceted history of the Middle East, offers a richly illustrated analysis of the role of transnational mosques in the construction of contemporary Muslim identity. As Rizvi explains, transnational mosques are structures built through the support of both government sponsorship, whether in the home country or abroad, and diverse transnational networks.
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| Geografisk emneord | Middle East - Religious life and customs. . - Midtøsten : (NO-TrBIB)HUME03755
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| ISBN | 9781469621166
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