Author

Publication

2015 - University of North Carolina Press

Language

English

Word Count

74,000 words, Guess

Page Count

296 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-139781469621166
  • ISBN-101469621169
  • Library of Congress Control Number2015017862
  • OCLC Control Number908698988
  • Better World Books9781469621166
and 1 more

Classifications

  • LCCBP187.62.R59 2015
  • LCCBP187.62 .R59 2015

Description

"Kishwar Rizvi, drawing on the multifaceted history of the Middle East, offers a richly illustrated analysis of the role of transnational mosques in the construction of contemporary Muslim identity. As Rizvi explains, transnational mosques are structures built through the support of both government sponsorship, whether in the home country or abroad, and diverse transnational networks. By concentrating on mosques--especially those built at the turn of the twenty-first century--as the epitome of Islamic architecture, Rizvi elucidates their significance as sites for both the validation of religious praxis and the construction of national and religious ideologies"--

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Other Editions

  • Transnational Mosque: Architecture and Historical Memory in the Contemporary Middle EastUniversity of North Carolina Press2015-01-01

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