| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 280 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Note |
"Simpson, imprint in humanities." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Of children, objects and seeing : an introduction -- Emotion and its affects -- Bringing up baby : the construction of childhood -- Good Muslim boys do their homework -- Cuteness and childhood in Turkey -- The poster children of Pakistan -- Toy guns and the real dead in Iran -- Of children, adults and tomorrow : a conclusion. |
| Summary |
"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 important concepts, ranging from innocence, cuteness, gender, virtue and devotion to community, nationhood, violence and sacrifice. In addition to exploring a topic that has never been studied comparatively before, Alef is for Allah extends the boundaries of scholarship on emotion, religion, and visual culture, providing unique insight into Islam as it is lived and experienced in the modern world."--Provided by publisher. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Child development -- Social aspects -- Middle East -- Cross-cultural studies.
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Child development -- Social aspects. |
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Middle East. |
| Genre/Form |
Cross-cultural studies.
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| Subject |
Child development. |
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Muslim children -- Religious life -- Middle East -- Cross-cultural studies.
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Muslim children -- Religious life. |
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Visual perception -- Cross-cultural studies.
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Visual perception. |
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Children in mass media -- Social aspects -- Turkey -- Case studies.
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Turkey. |
| Genre/Form |
Case studies.
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| Subject |
Children in mass media -- Social aspects -- Pakistan -- Pāṭa -- Case studies.
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Children in mass media -- Social aspects -- Iran -- Case studies.
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Children in mass media. |
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Emotions -- Social aspects.
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Emotions -- Social aspects. |
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Social aspects. |
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations. |
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Pakistan. |
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies. |
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Iran. |
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ART -- Art & Politics. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Case studies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Elias, Jamal J. Alef is for Allah. Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2018] 9780520290075 (DLC) 2017028635 |
| ISBN |
0520964403 (electronic book) |
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9780520964402 (electronic book) |
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9780520290075 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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