Genealogy and knowledge in Muslim societies: understanding the past

From the Prophet Mohammad's family tree to the present, ideas about kinship and descent have shaped communal and national identities in Muslim societies. So an understanding of genealogy is therefore vital to our understanding of Muslim societies, particularly with regard to the generation, pre...

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Weitere Verfasser: Savant, Sarah Bowen (HerausgeberIn), Felipe, Helena de (HerausgeberIn)
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Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Edinburgh Edinburgh University Press 2014
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Zusammenfassung:From the Prophet Mohammad's family tree to the present, ideas about kinship and descent have shaped communal and national identities in Muslim societies. So an understanding of genealogy is therefore vital to our understanding of Muslim societies, particularly with regard to the generation, preservation and manipulation of genealogical knowledge. These case studies link genealogical knowledge to particular circumstances in which it was created, circulated and promoted. They stress the malleability of kinship and memory, and the interests this malleability serves
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Beschreibung:1 online resource (156 pages)
ISBN:9780748644988