£82.18

MACMILLAN Islam Obscured: The Rhetoric of Anthropological Representation (Contemporary Anthropology of Religion)

Price data last checked 19 day(s) ago - will refresh soon

View at Amazon

We'll watch every seller, every day. One email when your price arrives.

It has never been this cheap. We have no record of a lower price.

£82 today · cheaper than every other day in the last 3 months

NEW HERE?

Amazon shows you one price. We show you all of them.

Tosheroon watches Amazon prices so you don't have to. Every product on Amazon has a price history — we make it visible. Set the price you'd actually pay, and we'll email you the second it gets there. No app, no account, one email.

WHAT'S ON THIS PAGE

↓ Price chart
when this has been cheap or pricey
↓ Forecast
where the price is heading next
↓ Statistics
all-time high & low, recent range
↑ Price alert
name your number, we'll email you

Price History & Forecast

Grey patches = out of stock. Cheaper = lower on the chart. Hover for exact prices.

Last 72 days · 72 data points (no recent data)

Historical
Generating forecast…
£82.18 £78.07 £79.71 £81.36 £83.00 £84.65 £86.29 26 April 2026 13 May 2026 31 May 2026 18 June 2026 06 July 2026

Price Distribution

Price distribution over 72 days • 1 price levels

Days at Price
72 days 0 18 36 54 72 £82 Days at Price

Price Analysis

Most common price: £82 (72 days, 100.0%)

Price range: £82 - £82

Price levels: 1 different prices over 72 days

Description

Ethnographers have observed Muslims nearly everywhere Islam is practiced. This study analyzes four seminal texts that have been read widely outside anthropology. Two are by distinguished anthropologists on either side of the Atlantic, Islam Observed (by Clifford Geertz in 1968) and Muslim Society (by Ernest Gellner in 1981). Two other texts are by Muslim scholars, Beyond the Veil (Fatima Mernissi in 1975) and Discovering Islam (by Akbar Ahmed in 1988). Varisco argues that each of these four authors approaches Islam as an essentialized organic unity rather than letting 'Islams' found in the field speak to the diversity of practice. The textual truths engendered, and far too often engineered, in these idealized representations of Islam have found their way unscrutinized into an endless stream of scholarly works and textbooks. Varisco's analysis goes beyond the rhetoric over what Islam is to the information from ethnographic research about what Muslims say they do and actually are observed to do. The issues covered include Islam as a cultural phenomenon, representation of 'the other', Muslim gender roles, politics of ethnographic authority, and Orientalist discourse.

Product Specifications

Format
hardcover
Domain
Amazon UK
Release Date
08 March 2005
Listed Since
18 December 2006

Barcode

No barcode data available

Similar Products You Might Like

Islamic Conversation: Sohbet and Ethics in Contemporary Turkey (Routledge Islamic Studies Series)
96% match

Islamic Conversation: Sohbet and Ethics in Contemporary Turkey (Routledge Islamic Studies Series)

Routledge

£43.92 08 Jul 2026
Methods and Contexts in the Study of Muslim Minorities: Visible and Invisible Muslims (Ethnic and Racial Studies)
96% match

Methods and Contexts in the Study of Muslim Minorities: Visible and Invisible Muslims (Ethnic and Racial Studies)

Routledge

£53.99 08 Jul 2026
Recognizing Islam (RLE Politics of Islam): An Anthropologist's Introduction: 11 (Routledge Library Editions: Politics of Islam)
96% match

Recognizing Islam (RLE Politics of Islam): An Anthropologist's Introduction: 11 (Routledge Library Editions: Politics of Islam)

Routledge

£136.81 25 Jun 2026
Muslims of Post-Communist Eurasia (Routledge Studies in Religion)
96% match

Muslims of Post-Communist Eurasia (Routledge Studies in Religion)

Routledge

£138.01 13 Jul 2026
Islam and the Rule of Justice – Image and Reality in Muslim Law and Culture
95% match

Islam and the Rule of Justice – Image and Reality in Muslim Law and Culture

University of Chicago Press

£79.00 06 Jul 2026
Islamizing Intimacies: Youth, Sexuality, and Gender in Contemporary Indonesia
95% match

Islamizing Intimacies: Youth, Sexuality, and Gender in Contemporary Indonesia

University of Hawaii Press

£64.00 07 Jul 2026
Ethnographies of Islam: Ritual Performances and Everyday Practices (Exploring Muslim Contexts) (Exploring Muslim Contexts Eup)
95% match

Ethnographies of Islam: Ritual Performances and Everyday Practices (Exploring Muslim Contexts) (Exploring Muslim Contexts Eup)

Edinburgh University Press

£27.80 15 Jul 2026
Ethnographies of Islam in China
95% match

Ethnographies of Islam in China

University of Hawaii Press

£50.00 02 Jul 2026
The Anthropology of Islam
95% match

The Anthropology of Islam

Routledge

£136.81 13 Jul 2026
Muslim Diversity: Local Islam in Global Contexts: 26 (Nias Studies in Asian Topics)
95% match

Muslim Diversity: Local Islam in Global Contexts: 26 (Nias Studies in Asian Topics)

Routledge

£129.27 08 Jul 2026
Diversity and Pluralism in Islam: Historical and Contemporary Discourses Amongst Muslims
95% match

Diversity and Pluralism in Islam: Historical and Contemporary Discourses Amongst Muslims

I. B. Tauris & Company

£41.62 01 Jul 2026
Rethinking Islamic Studies: From Orientalism to Cosmopolitanism (Studies in Comparative Religion)
95% match

Rethinking Islamic Studies: From Orientalism to Cosmopolitanism (Studies in Comparative Religion)

University of South Carolina Press

£63.95 02 Jul 2026
Muslim Politics (Princeton Studies in Muslim Politics): 14
95% match

Muslim Politics (Princeton Studies in Muslim Politics): 14

Princeton University Press

£26.53 13 Jul 2026
Java, Indonesia and Islam: 3 (Muslims in Global Societies Series, 3)
95% match

Java, Indonesia and Islam: 3 (Muslims in Global Societies Series, 3)

Springer

£76.41 09 Jul 2026
Whose Islam?: The Western University and Modern Islamic Thought in Indonesia (Encountering Traditions)
95% match

Whose Islam?: The Western University and Modern Islamic Thought in Indonesia (Encountering Traditions)

Stanford University Press

£71.81 13 Jul 2026
Studying Islam in Practice (Studying Religions in Practice)
95% match

Studying Islam in Practice (Studying Religions in Practice)

Routledge

£105.00 09 Jul 2026
Young Muslim Change-Makers: Grassroots Charities Rethinking Modern Societies (Routledge Islamic Studies Series)
95% match

Young Muslim Change-Makers: Grassroots Charities Rethinking Modern Societies (Routledge Islamic Studies Series)

Routledge

£143.20 06 Jul 2026
Islam and Secular Citizenship in the Netherlands, United Kingdom, and France (Religion and Global Migrations)
95% match

Islam and Secular Citizenship in the Netherlands, United Kingdom, and France (Religion and Global Migrations)

MACMILLAN

£99.61 06 Jul 2026
Routledge - Islam, Globalization and Postmodernity Book
95% match

Routledge - Islam, Globalization and Postmodernity Book

Routledge

£108.38 15 Jul 2026
Islam and the Orientalist World-system (Political Economy of the World-System Annuals)
95% match

Islam and the Orientalist World-system (Political Economy of the World-System Annuals)

Routledge

£204.69 24 Jun 2026
Islam in the World Today: A Handbook of Politics, Religion, Culture, and Society
95% match

Islam in the World Today: A Handbook of Politics, Religion, Culture, and Society

Cornell University Press

£67.46 03 Jul 2026
Perceptions of Islam in Europe: Culture, Identity and the Muslim 'Other' (Library of Modern Religion)
95% match

Perceptions of Islam in Europe: Culture, Identity and the Muslim 'Other' (Library of Modern Religion)

I. B. Tauris & Company

£36.54 13 Jul 2026
Rethinking Islam and Space in Europe: The Politics of Race, Time and Secularism (Ethnic and Racial Studies)
95% match

Rethinking Islam and Space in Europe: The Politics of Race, Time and Secularism (Ethnic and Racial Studies)

Routledge

£136.84 13 Jul 2026
Islam: Historical, Social, and Political Perspectives: 40 (Religion and Reason, 40)
95% match

Islam: Historical, Social, and Political Perspectives: 40 (Religion and Reason, 40)

De Gruyter

£143.50 10 Jul 2026