Rosen, Lawrence, 1941-

The culture of Islam changing aspects of contemporary Muslim life / [electronic resource] : Lawrence Rosen. - Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2002. - xvii, 230 p.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.


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Islamic civilization.
East and West.
Ethnology--Morocco.
Religion and culture.
Religion and politics--Morocco.


Morocco--Social life and customs.


Electronic books.

DT312 / .R64 2002eb