Alef Is for Allah

Alef Is for Allah
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Publisher : Univ of California Press
Total Pages : 298
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ISBN-10 : 9780520290082
ISBN-13 : 0520290089
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Book Synopsis Alef Is for Allah by : Jamal J. Elias

Download or read book Alef Is for Allah written by Jamal J. Elias and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2018-03-27 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alef Is for Allah is the first groundbreaking study of the emotional space occupied by children in modern Islamic societies. Focusing primarily on visual representations of children from modern Turkey, Iran, and Pakistan, the book examines these materials to investigate concepts such as innocence, cuteness, gender, virtue, and devotion, as well as community, nationhood, violence, and sacrifice. In addition to exploring a subject that has never been studied comparatively before, Alef Is for Allah extends the boundaries of scholarship on emotion, religion, and visual culture and provides unique insight into Islam as it is lived and experienced in the modern world.


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