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In this innovative combination of anthropology, history, and postmodern theory, Brinkley Messick examines the changing relation of writing and authority in a Muslim society from the late nineteenth century to the present. The creation and interpretation of texts, from sacred scriptures to administrative and legal contracts, are among the fundamental ways that authority is established and maintained in a complex state. Yet few scholars have explored this process and the ways in which it changes, especially outside the Western world.
Messick brings together intensive ethnography and textual analysis from a wealth of material: Islamic jurisprudence, Yemeni histories, local documents. In exploring the structure and transformation of literacy, law, and statecraft in Yemen, he raises important issues that are of comparative significance for understanding political life in other Muslim and nonwestern states as well.
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'A first-rate introduction to the everyday workings of 'shari 'at society' and to Muslim understandings of the written and spoken word...An authoritative model for anthropological writing about complex societies.' --Gregory Starrett, International Journal of Middle East Studies
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In this combination of anthropology, history and postmodern theory, the author examines the changing relation of writing and authority in a Muslim society from the late-19th century to the 1990s.
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- PublisherUniversity of California Press
- Publication date1996
- ISBN 10 0520205154
- ISBN 13 9780520205154
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages356
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