| Alef Is for Allah: Childhood, Emotion, and Visual Culture in Islamic Societies Contributor(s): Elias, Jamal J. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0520290070 ISBN-13: 9780520290075 Publisher: University of California Press OUR PRICE: $94.05 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Islamic Studies - Social Science | Children's Studies - Social Science | Media Studies |
| Dewey: 305.230 |
| LCCN: 2017028635 |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 6.1" W x 9.3" (1.50 lbs) 304 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Islamic - Cultural Region - Middle East - Cultural Region - Turkey - Cultural Region - Asian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |