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The history and theory of Muslim religious aesthetics in the United States since 1950.

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"This text will be the classic work in the field... It will be extremely useful for general Islamic studies, for studies of religion in America, and for the study of Islam in America." Aminah Beverly McCloud, Associate Professor of Islamic Studies, DePaul University, Chicago

Table of Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: The Polemics of Deconstruction
  • Chapter One: Aesthetic Origins and End Conditions
  • Chapter Two: Interpretations of Image, Text, and Form
  • Chapter Three: Space, Place, and Public Gathering
  • Conclusion: Reversible Space and Linear Time
  • Notes
  • Glossary
  • Bibliography
  • Index

Deconstructing the American Mosque

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      Publisher: University of Texas Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 01/08/2002
      ISBN13: 9780292719576, 978-0292719576
      ISBN10: 0292719574

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The history and theory of Muslim religious aesthetics in the United States since 1950.

      Trade Review
      "This text will be the classic work in the field... It will be extremely useful for general Islamic studies, for studies of religion in America, and for the study of Islam in America." Aminah Beverly McCloud, Associate Professor of Islamic Studies, DePaul University, Chicago

      Table of Contents
      • Acknowledgments
      • Introduction: The Polemics of Deconstruction
      • Chapter One: Aesthetic Origins and End Conditions
      • Chapter Two: Interpretations of Image, Text, and Form
      • Chapter Three: Space, Place, and Public Gathering
      • Conclusion: Reversible Space and Linear Time
      • Notes
      • Glossary
      • Bibliography
      • Index

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