Practices of truth

Dupret, Baudouin.

Practices of truth an ethnomethodological inquiry into Arab contexts / [electronic resource] : Baudouin Dupret. - Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2011. - xiv, 173 p. : ill. (chiefly col.). - Pragmatics & beyond, new ser., 214 0922-842X ; . - Pragmatics & beyond ; new ser., 214. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Learning the truth: memorizing the Koran in an Egyptian kuttâb -- The context of truth practices: legislating the sharîa at the shopfloor level -- Telling the truth: the judge and the law in family matters -- The truth about oneself: three Arab channels and their self-presentation -- Speaking the truth: advocacy video clips against terror -- Narratives of truth: documenting the mind in a psychiatric hospital -- Conclusion: Truth: a matter of language game and practical achievement.


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Truthfulness and falsehood--Arab countries.
Truthfulness and falsehood--Religious aspects--Islam.
Ethnology--Arab countries.


Electronic books.

BJ1428.A73 / D87 2011eb

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