Shari'a Scripts A Historical Anthropology |
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| Author:
| Messick, Brinkley |
| ISBN: | 978-0-231-54190-9 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2018 |
| Publisher: | Columbia University Press
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $79.99 |
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.