The calligraphic state : textual domination and history in a Muslim society / Brinkley Messick.

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Messick, Brinkley Morris

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Comparative studies on Muslim societies ; 16.Publication details: Berkeley : University of California Press, �1993.Description: 1 online resource (xii, 341 pages) : illustrations, mapsContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780520917828
0520917820
0585130701
9780585130705
9780520205154
0520205154
9780520076051
0520076052

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Calligraphic state.DDC classification:

297/.1975 20

LOC classification:

BP63.Y45 M47 1993eb

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Summary: 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 19th century to the present.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-331) and index.

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 19th century to the present.

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