This book examines the contribution of eminent American anthropologist Clifford Geertz's contributions to sociocultural theory and symbolic anthropology in relation to Islam, urban studies, and the anthropology of North Africa. This book was published as a special issue of Journal of North African Studies.
This book examines the contribution of eminent American anthropologist Clifford Geertz's contributions to sociocultural theory and symbolic anthropology in relation to Islam, urban studies, and the anthropology of North Africa. This book was published as a special issue of Journal of North African Studies.
Susan Slyomovics is Professor of Anthropology and Near Eastern Languages and Cultures at the University of California, Los Angeles, USA.
Inhaltsangabe
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 Geertz's Semiotics of Religious Experience Part II: Translation, Metaphor, Humor 7. Not Lost in Translation: The Influence of Clifford Geertz's Work and Life on Anthropology in Morocco 8. Geertz, Humour and Morocco 9. Culture as Text: Hazards and Possibilities of Geertz's Literary/Literacy Metaphor Part III: Photography, Paul Hyman, and Clifford Geertz 10. A (Fashion) Photographer's Reflections on Fieldwork 11. Perceptions, Not Illustrations, of Sefrou, Morocco: Paul Hyman's 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
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 Geertz's Semiotics of Religious Experience Part II: Translation, Metaphor, Humor 7. Not Lost in Translation: The Influence of Clifford Geertz's Work and Life on Anthropology in Morocco 8. Geertz, Humour and Morocco 9. Culture as Text: Hazards and Possibilities of Geertz's Literary/Literacy Metaphor Part III: Photography, Paul Hyman, and Clifford Geertz 10. A (Fashion) Photographer's Reflections on Fieldwork 11. Perceptions, Not Illustrations, of Sefrou, Morocco: Paul Hyman's 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
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