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Zusatztext “This exciting edited collection of essays takes you on a journey to destabilize any notion you might have on ‘Islam’ through objects. An important book that will push you away from text to a world of things, beautifully illustrated—alive through the diverse lives of Muslims.” Informationen zum Autor Anna Bigelow is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Stanford University, USA. Klappentext Islam through Objects represents the state of the field of Islamic material cultural studies. With contributions from scholars of religion, anthropologists, art historians, folklorists, historians, and other disciplines, Anna Bigelow brings together a wide range of perspectives on Islamic materiality to debunk myths of Islamic aversion to material aspects of religion. Each chapter focuses on a single object in daily use by Muslims-prayer beads, coins, amulets, a cistern well, clothing, jewellery, bodily and domestic adornments-to consider both generic and particular aspects of the object in question. These narratives will engage the reader by describing and analyzing each object in terms of its provenance, materials, uses, and history, as well as the broader history, variety and uses of the object in Islamic history and cultures. Temporal, regional, and sectarian variations in the styles, uses, and theological perspectives are also considered. Framed by an introduction that assesses the various approaches to Islamic material culture in recent scholarship, Islam through Objects provides a template for the study of religion and material culture, which engages current theory, subtle and nuanced narratives, and the creative and imaginal capacities of Muslims through history. Vorwort Explores the regional, theological, and sectarian diversity of Islam through the stories of particular objects of daily use and engagement by Muslims. Zusammenfassung Islam through Objects represents the state of the field of Islamic material cultural studies. With contributions from scholars of religion, anthropologists, art historians, folklorists, historians, and other disciplines, Anna Bigelow brings together a wide range of perspectives on Islamic materiality to debunk myths of Islamic aversion to material aspects of religion. Each chapter focuses on a single object in daily use by Muslims—prayer beads, coins, amulets, a cistern well, clothing, jewellery, bodily and domestic adornments—to consider both generic and particular aspects of the object in question. These narratives will engage the reader by describing and analyzing each object in terms of its provenance, materials, uses, and history, as well as the broader history, variety and uses of the object in Islamic history and cultures. Temporal, regional, and sectarian variations in the styles, uses, and theological perspectives are also considered. Framed by an introduction that assesses the various approaches to Islamic material culture in recent scholarship, Islam through Objects provides a template for the study of religion and material culture, which engages current theory, subtle and nuanced narratives, and the creative and imaginal capacities of Muslims through history. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Thinking with Islamic Things, Anna Bigelow (Stanford University, USA) Part I: Tracing Images 1. Clothes of Righteousness: The MGT Uniform in the 20th Century, Kayla Renee Wheeler (Grand Valley State University, USA) 2. The Masonic Muhammad: Modern Franco-Iranian Visual Encounters in Prophetic Iconography, C hristiane Gruber (University of Michigan, USA) 3. Relic Reproduction: Tracing the Lives of Muhammad's Sandal, Richard McGregor ( Vanderbilt University, USA) Part II: Identifying Objects 4. "The Greatest and Only Flag Known": The Lapel Pin in American Islam, Michael Muhammad Kni...
List of contents
Introduction: Thinking with Islamic Things,
Anna Bigelow (Stanford University, USA)Part I: Tracing Images1. Clothes of Righteousness: The MGT Uniform in the 20th Century, Kayla Renee Wheeler
(Grand Valley State University, USA)2. The Masonic Muhammad: Modern Franco-Iranian Visual Encounters in Prophetic Iconography, C
hristiane Gruber (University of Michigan, USA)3. Relic Reproduction: Tracing the Lives of Muhammad's Sandal,
Richard McGregor (Vanderbilt University, USA)Part II: Identifying Objects4. "The Greatest and Only Flag Known": The Lapel Pin in American Islam,
Michael Muhammad Knight (University of Central Florida, USA)5. Tasbih in West African Islamic History: Spirituality, Aesthetics, Politics, and Identity,
Ousman Murzik Kobo (Ohio State University, USA)6. Caps, Heads, and Hearts, Sc
ott Kugle (Emory University, USA)Part III: Objects in Practice7. What Comes to Light When a Lamp Is Lit in Bektashi Tradition,
Mark Soileau (Haceteppe University, Turkey)8. The Agency of the Material
Taviz (Amulet) in a South Indian Healing Room,
Joyce Burkhalter Flueckiger (Emory University, USA)9. The Life of a Tablet,
Aomar Boum (University of California, Los Angeles, USA)Part IV: Circulatory Systems10. Coins and Fish: Sovereignty, Economy, and Religion in the Islamicate Indian Ocean,
Roxani Margariti (Emory University, USA)11. The Aljibe del Rey,
D. Fairchild Ruggles (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA)12. Zamzam Water: Scales of Environmentality and Decolonizing Material Islam,
Anna Gade (University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA)Bibliography
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About the author
Anna Bigelow is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Stanford University, USA.
