TY - BOOK
T1 - Genealogy and knowledge in Muslim societies
T2 - Understanding the past
AU - Savant, Sarah Bowen
AU - De Felipe, Helena
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Editorial matter and organisation Sarah Bowen Savant and Helena de Felipe, 2014. © The chapters, their several authors, 2014.
PY - 2014/4/1
Y1 - 2014/4/1
N2 - From the Prophet's family tree to the present, ideas about kinship and descent have shaped communal and national identities in Muslim societies. So an understanding of genealogy is therefore vital to our understanding of Muslim societies, particularly with regard to the generation, preservation and manipulation of genealogical knowledge. These 9 case studies link genealogical knowledge to particular circumstances in which it was created, circulated and promoted. They stress the malleability of kinship and memory, and the interests this malleability serves.
AB - From the Prophet's family tree to the present, ideas about kinship and descent have shaped communal and national identities in Muslim societies. So an understanding of genealogy is therefore vital to our understanding of Muslim societies, particularly with regard to the generation, preservation and manipulation of genealogical knowledge. These 9 case studies link genealogical knowledge to particular circumstances in which it was created, circulated and promoted. They stress the malleability of kinship and memory, and the interests this malleability serves.
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M3 - Book
AN - SCOPUS:84936996248
SN - 9780748644971
BT - Genealogy and knowledge in Muslim societies
PB - Edinburgh University Press
ER -