Shari'a Scripts A Historical Anthropology |
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Author:
| Messick, Brinkley |
ISBN: | 978-0-231-17874-7 |
Publication Date: | Jan 2018 |
Publisher: | Columbia University Press
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | USD $80.00 |
Book Description:
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Sharīʿa Scripts is a work of historical anthropology focused on Yemen in the early twentieth century. Brinkley Messick uses the writings of the Yemeni past to offer a comprehensive view of the sharīʿa as a localized and lived phenomenon in a groundbreaking examination of the interpretative range and insights offered by the anthropologist as reader.
Sharīʿa Scripts is a work of historical anthropology focused on Yemen in the early twentieth century. Brinkley Messick uses the writings of the Yemeni past to offer a comprehensive view of the sharīʿa as a localized and lived phenomenon in a groundbreaking examination of the interpretative range and insights offered by the anthropologist as reader.