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Place of publication: United States, Ann Arbor; ISBN=978-1-321-43680-8
DISSERTATION (THESIS) NOTE
Dissertation or thesis details and type of degree
Ph.D.
Discipline of degree
Anthropology
Body granting the degree
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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2014
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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Mushaf (read with 's' and 'h' separately) is what Muslims call the physical body of the Quran, its pages, binding, and print. In contrast to earlier works on the holy book of Muslims, in my dissertation I shift from studying the Quranic text exclusively as message to its corporeal existence as an object in the hands of its manufacturers and users in Egypt, treating its production and consumption as meaning-making processes.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Religion; Cultural anthropology; Middle Eastern Studies
UNCONTROLLED SUBJECT TERMS
Subject Term
Philosophy, religion and theology;Social sciences;Egypt;Materiality;Mushaf;Qur'an;Technology