Leisurely Islam: |
Subtitle:
negotiating geography and morality in Shi'ite South Beirut
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Book Category:
Juvenile Nonfiction > Social Science > Customs, Traditions, Anthropology
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Author:
Deeb, Lara
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ISBN 13:
9780691153650
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Price:
$ $75.00
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Publication Year:
2013
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Publisher Info
Andrew Brewer,
The University Press Group (US) Ltd,Key Contact Information
Andrew Brewer
Managing Director
Bill Kennedy
Director, Avicenna Partnership Ltd
Book Description
This outstanding ethnography of contemporary urban Middle Eastern life focuses on Hezbollah young adults, about whom people are generally misinformed, an effort of critical value to scholars of religion and politics as well as anthropologists. Deeb (anthropology, Scripps College) and Harb (urban studies and politics, American Univ. of
Ordering/Distributor/Wholesaler Information
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