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Bosnian Hajj Literature: Multiple Paths to the Holy

Bosnian Hajj Literature: Multiple Paths to the Holy

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IslamEastern European HistoryGeneral World History

ISBN10: 1474494110
ISBN13: 9781474494113
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Published: Aug 15 2024
Pages: 256
Weight: 0.80
Height: 0.54 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

This is the first critical and theoretically grounded book-length study of Hajj literature (written texts about the experience of the Hajj) and Hajj practices of Bosnian Muslims. It redefines the ways pilgrimage can be understood and offers new methods for investigating the meaning and importance of Hajj for generations of premodern and modern believers. It also throws light on Balkan communities previously ignored by modern scholarship in Islamic, religious, and area studies. Breaking with the predominant academic trends of focusing on nationalism and ethnic conflict in the region, it instead puts the spotlight on the richness of texts, and visual and archival material, and focuses on genres that challenge the established literary canons.

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