Exploring Muslim Contexts: Genealogy and Knowledge in Muslim Societies: Understanding the Past (Hardcover)
Sarah Sarah Bowen Savant; Professor Helena De Felipe
9780748644971
0-7486-4497-0
From the Prophet'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.
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understanding of Muslim societies, particularly with regard to the generation, preservation and manipulation of genealogical knowledge. These 9 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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