Clifford Geertz in Morocco / edited by Susan Slyonovics.

Other author Slyomovics, Susan.
Format Book
Publication InfoLondon ; New York : Routledge, 2010.
Descriptionviii, 241 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents 1. Introduction to Clifford Geertz in Morocco: "Why Sefrou? Why Anthropology? Why Me?" -- PART I: ISLAM RE-OBSERVED -- 2. Introduction to Islam Observed (Hebrew Translation, 2007) -- 3. Islam Re-Observed: Sanctity, Salafism, and Islamism -- 4. How Religion Turns into Ideology -- 5. Religious Act, Public Space: Reflections on Some Geertzian Concepts -- 6. Interpretation and the Limits of Interpretability: On Rethinking Clifford Geertzs Semiotics of Religious Experience PART II: TRANSLATION, METAPHOR, HUMOR -- 7. Not Lost in Translation: The Influence of Clifford Geertzs Work and Life on Anthropology in Morocco -- 8. Geertz, Humour and Morocco -- 9. Culture as Text: Hazards and Possibilities of Geertzs Literary/Literacy Metaphor PART III: PHOTOGRAPHY, PAUL HAYAN, AND CLIFFORD GEERTZ -- 10. A (Fashion) Photographers Reflections on Fieldwork -- 11. Perceptions, Not Illustrations, of Sefrou, Morocco: Paul Hymans Images and the Work of Ethnographic Photography -- 12. Chicken or Glass: In the Vicinity of Clifford Geertz and Paul Hyman PART IV: URBAN SPACE AND SEFROU -- 13. Of Time and the City: Clifford Geertz on Urban History -- 14. Observing Islam Observed: The Family Resemblance and the Pun -- 15. Sidi Lahcen Blues Part V: Modernism, Meaning, and Order -- 16. How Life is Hard: Visceral Notes on Meaning, Order, and Morocco -- 17. Are We There Yet? Geertz, Morocco, and Modernization -- 18. Welcome Message from the Mayor of Sefrou
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN9780415559072 (hbk.)
ISBN0415559073 (hbk.)

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Joyner General Stacks GN21.G44 C535 2010 ✔ Available Place Hold