The culture of Islam: changing aspects of contemporary Muslim life
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Chicago
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University of Chicago Press
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Includes bibliographical references )p. 211-228( and index
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Lawrence Rosen
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Ambivalent culture. The circle of beneficence : narrating coherence in a world of corruption -- Ambivalence towards power : approaches to authority in postcolonial Morocco -- What is a tribe, and why does it matter? -- Constructing institutions in a political culture of personalism -- Memory worlds, plausible worlds. Contesting sainthood -- Memory in Morocco -- Have the Arabs changed their mind? -- Shifting concepts, Discerning change. Marriage stories : crossing the boundaries of nation, gender, and law -- Euro-Islam -- Never in doubt : Salman Rushdie's deeper challenge to Islam