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.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Truthfulness and falsehood--Arab countries.
Truthfulness and falsehood--Religious aspects--Islam.
Ethnology--Arab countries.
Electronic books.
BJ1428.A73 / D87 2011eb
306.440917/5927
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.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Truthfulness and falsehood--Arab countries.
Truthfulness and falsehood--Religious aspects--Islam.
Ethnology--Arab countries.
Electronic books.
BJ1428.A73 / D87 2011eb
306.440917/5927