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The ethnographic state : France and the invention of Moroccan Islam /
Alone among Muslim countries, Morocco is known for its own national form of Islam, ""Moroccan Islam."" However, this pathbreaking study reveals that Moroccan Islam was actually invented in the early twentieth century by French ethnographers and colonial officers who were influenc...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
2014.
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| Colección: | Fletcher Jones Foundation Humanities Imprint
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Alone among Muslim countries, Morocco is known for its own national form of Islam, ""Moroccan Islam."" However, this pathbreaking study reveals that Moroccan Islam was actually invented in the early twentieth century by French ethnographers and colonial officers who were influenced by British colonial practices in India. Between 1900 and 1920, these researchers compiled a social inventory of Morocco that in turn led to the emergence of a new object of study, Moroccan Islam, and a new field, Moroccan studies. In the process, they resurrected the monarchy and reinvented Morocco as a modern polit. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (x, 273 pages) : map |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 132207609X 9781322076096 9780520957992 0520957997 |