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Amulets and Talismans of the Middle East and North Africa in Context
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In this volume amulets and talismans are studied within a broader system of meaning that shapes how they were manufactured, activated and used in different networks. Text, material features and the environments in which these artifacts circulated, are studied alongside each other, resulting in an innovative approach to understand the many different functions these objects could fulfil in pre-modern times. Produced and used by Muslims and non-Muslims alike, the case studies presented here include objects that differ in size, material, language and shape. What the articles share is an all-round, in-depth approach that helps the reader understand the complexity of the objects discussed and will improve one’s understanding of the role they played within pre-modern societies. Contributors Hazem Hussein Abbas Ali, Gideon Bohak, Ursula Hammed, Juan Campo, Jean-Charles Coulon, Venetia Porter, Marcela Garcia Probert, Anne Regourd, Yasmine al-Saleh, Karl Schaefer and Petra M. Sijpesteijn.
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Keywords
- Amulets
- Asian history
- collecting
- Healing
- History
- Humanities
- Islam
- Islamic life & practice
- Islamic Studies
- library collections
- Magic
- Manuscripts
- medieval
- Middle Eastern History
- museum collections
- pre-modern
- primary source material
- primary sources
- Regional & national history
- Religion & beliefs
- Religious groups: social & cultural aspects
- Social groups
- Society & culture: general
- Society & Social Sciences
- thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBS Social groups, communities and identities::JBSR Social groups: religious groups and communities
- thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHG Middle Eastern history
- thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRP Islam::QRPP Islamic life and practice
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DOI: 10.1163/9789004471481Editions