MARC details
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| fixed length control field |
02365nam a22002417a 4500 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION |
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220728s2022 nyu ob 001 0 eng |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9781009224611 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
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| Original cataloging agency |
DLC |
| Language of cataloging |
eng |
| Transcribing agency |
NVIC |
| Description conventions |
rda |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Erin Pettigrew |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Invoking the Invisible in the Sahara: |
| Remainder of title |
Islam, Spiritual Meditation, and Social Change |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc. |
Cambridge: |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. |
Cambridge University Press, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. |
2023 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
252 p., |
| Other physical details |
ill; |
| Dimensions |
24 cm |
| 440 ## - SERIES STATEMENT/ADDED ENTRY--TITLE |
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| Title |
African Studies |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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| Bibliography, etc |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
Introduction: A Saharan Ontology of the Invisible -- Part I. 1. Principles of Provenance: Origins, Debates, and Social Structures of l'ḥjāb in the Saharan West -- 2. Local Wisdom: Contestations over l'ḥjāb in the 18th-19th centuries -- Part II. 3. Colonial Logics of Islam: Colonial Logics of Islam: Managing the threat of l'ḥjāb -- 4. Postcolonial Transfigurations: Contesting l'ḥjāb in the Era of Social Media -- Part III. 5. Desert Panic: Bloodsucking Accusations and the Terror of Social Change -- 6. Sui Generis: Genealogical claims to the past and the transmission of l'ḥjāb -- Epilogue -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc. |
"In this innovative new history, Erin Pettigrew utilizes invisible forces and entities - esoteric knowledge and spirits - to show how these forms of knowledge and unseen forces have shaped social structures, religious norms, and political power in the Saharan West. Situating this ethnographic history in what became la Mauritanie under French colonial rule and, later the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, Pettigrew traces the changing roles of Muslim spiritual mediators and their Islamic esoteric sciences - known locally as l'ḥjāb - over the long-term history of the region. By exploring the impact of the immaterial in the material world and demonstrating the importance of Islamic esoteric sciences in Saharan societies, she illuminates peoples' enduring reliance upon these sciences in their daily lives and argues for a new approach to historical research that takes the immaterial seriously." --Provided by publisher. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Islamic occultism |
| Geographic subdivision |
Mauritania |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Islamic occultism |
| Geographic subdivision |
Western Sahara |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Supernatural |
| General subdivision |
Religious aspects |
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Islam |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
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| Geographic name |
Western Sahara |
| General subdivision |
History |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
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| Geographic name |
Mauritania |
| General subdivision |
History |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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| Source of classification or shelving scheme |
Dewey Decimal Classification |
| Koha item type |
Books |