Performing Religion: Actors, Contexts, and Texts: Case Studies on Islam

by Ines Weinrich

"Performing Religion" investigates the relationship between texts, actors, and contexts in the study of Islam. Research in Islamic Studies to date has taken texts primarily as a medium of information. This volume emphasizes the material quality of texts, both written and oral. It focuses on the sound and rhythm of their performance, on nonverbal elements, and practices of framing and embedding. "Performing Religion" also looks at the interpretation...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3956502353
• ISBN13: 9783956502354
• Release Date: February 2017
• Publisher: Ergon Verlag
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.