In this Book
- The Calls of Islam: Sufis, Islamists, and Mass Mediation in Urban Morocco
- Book
- 2013
- Published by: Indiana University Press
- Series: Public Cultures of the Middle East and North Africa
summary
The sacred calls that summon believers are the focus of this study of religion and power in Fez, Morocco. Focusing on how dissemination of the call through mass media has transformed understandings of piety and authority, Emilio Spadola details the new importance of once–marginal Sufi practices such as spirit trance and exorcism for ordinary believers, the state, and Islamist movements. The Calls of Islam offers new ethnographic perspectives on ritual, performance, and media in the Muslim world.
Table of Contents
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- Acknowledgments
- pp. vii-ix
- Introduction
- pp. 1-11
- 1. Competing Calls in Urban Morocco
- pp. 12-27
- 5. Rites of Reception
- pp. 81-99
- References
- pp. 155-166
Additional Information
ISBN
9780253011459
Related ISBN(s)
9780253011367, 9780253011374
MARC Record
OCLC
864747973
Pages
216
Launched on MUSE
2014-03-10
Language
English
Open Access
No