Alef Is for Allah

Childhood, Emotion, and Visual Culture in Islamic Societies

Nonfiction, Art & Architecture, General Art, Art History, Religion & Spirituality, Middle East Religions, Islam
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Author: Jamal J. Elias ISBN: 9780520964402
Publisher: University of California Press Publication: April 6, 2018
Imprint: University of California Press Language: English
Author: Jamal J. Elias
ISBN: 9780520964402
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication: April 6, 2018
Imprint: University of California Press
Language: English

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. 

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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. 

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