Alef Is for Allah: Childhood, Emotion, and Visual Culture in Islamic Societies

By: Jamal J. Elias

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Synopsis: Alef Is for Allah is the first groundbreaking study of the emotional space occupied by children in modern Islamic societies. Focusing primarily on visual representations of children from modern Turkey, Iran, and Pakistan, the book examines these materials to investigate concepts such as innocence, cuteness, gender, virtue, and devotion, as well as community, nationhood, violence, and sacrifice. In addition to exploring a subject that has never been studied comparatively before, Alef Is for Allah extends the boundaries of scholarship on emotion, religion, and visual culture and provides unique insight into Islam as it is lived and experienced in the modern world.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:: 9780520421455
Related ISBNs:: 9780520290075, 9780520290082
Publisher:: University of California Press
Date of Addition:: 10/06/24
Copyrighted By:: The Regents of the University of California
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Art and Architecture, Religion and Spirituality, Education, Politics and Government
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.