Shi''ite Lebanon - Transnational Religion and the Making of National Identities

Presents a framework for understanding Shi'ite national politics in Lebanon. This book recasts the relationship between religion and nationalism in the Middle East. It reconsiders not only the politics of the established leadership of Shi'ites, but also the everyday and popular practices of identity production in Lebanon.

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• Authors: Roschanack Shaery-eisenloh, Roschanack Shaery-Eisenlohr, Shaery-Eisenlohr Roschanack
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 03.07.2008
• EAN: 9780231144261
• ISBN: 978-0-231-14426-1
• No. of pages: 312
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 241 mm x 19 mm
• Series: History and Society of the Mod; History and Society of the Modern Middle East; History and Society of the Mod
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Islam, History, HISTORY / Middle East / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion, RELIGION / Islam / General, Lebanon, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Middle Eastern, Politics and government