Skip to main content Accessibility help
×
  1. Home
  2. Books
  3. Living Islam
  • Cited by 200
      • Show more authors
      • You may already have access via personal or institutional login
    • Select format
    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      22 September 2009
      19 December 2005
      ISBN:
      9780511489549
      9780521852234
      9780521617659
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511489549
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.627kg, 314 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.509kg, 314 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Islam, Social and Cultural Anthropology, Religion, Anthropology
    You may already have access via personal or institutional login
    • Selected: Digital
    Add to cart View cart Buy from Cambridge.org
    Subjects:
    Islam, Social and Cultural Anthropology, Religion, Anthropology
    Information

    Book description

    Popular representations of Pakistan's North West Frontier have long featured simplistic images of tribal blood feuds, fanatical religion, and the seclusion of women. The rise to power of the radical Taliban regime in neighbouring Afghanistan enhanced the region's reputation as a place of anti-Western militancy. Magnus Marsden is an anthropologist who has immersed himself in the lives of the Frontier's villagers for more than ten years. His evocative study of the Chitral region challenges all these stereotypes. Through an exploration of the everyday experiences of both men and women, he shows that the life of a good Muslim in Chitral is above all a mindful life, enhanced by the creative force of poetry, dancing and critical debate. Challenging much that has been assumed about the Muslim world, this 2005 study makes a powerful contribution to the understanding of religion and politics both within and beyond the Muslim societies of southern Asia.

    Awards

    Winner of the 2008 AIPS Book Prize

    Reviews

    'Magnus Marsden has joined the ranks of the great ethnographers of the British Empire who described and wrote about the peoples of the Indian subcontinent with accuracy and even affection. Marsden’s lucid and insightful work, based in Chitral, one of the most isolated and least known societies in the subcontinent, comes as a relief after the stereotypes and caricatures which pass for commentary in the media about Muslim societies.'

    Akbar Ahmed - The Ibn Khaldun Chair of Islamic Studies and Professor of International Relations, American University, Washington D.C.

    '[Marsden's] evocative study … challenges all … stereotypes. … Challenging much that has been assumed about the Muslim world, this study makes a powerful contribution to the understanding of religion and politics both within and beyond the Muslim societies of southern Asia.'

    Source: International Review of Administrative Sciences

    'This is a valuable contribution in the discussions of a phenomenon which, for better or worse, will help to shape all our futures.'

    Source: Contemporary Review

    'Marsden's deep engagement with the Chitrali people … has resulted in an empirically rich and nuanced study.'

    Source: Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute

    Refine List

    Actions for selected content:

    Select all | Deselect all
    • View selected items
    • Export citations
    • Download PDF (zip)
    • Save to Kindle
    • Save to Dropbox
    • Save to Google Drive

    Save Search

    You can save your searches here and later view and run them again in "My saved searches".

    Please provide a title, maximum of 40 characters.
    Cancel
    ×

    Contents

    Contents

    Metrics

    Altmetric attention score

    Full text views

    Total number of HTML views: 0
    Total number of PDF views: 0 *
    Loading metrics...

    Book summary page views

    Total views: 0 *
    Loading metrics...

    * Views captured on Cambridge Core between #date#. This data will be updated every 24 hours.

    Usage data cannot currently be displayed.

    Accessibility standard: Unknown

    Why this information is here

    This section outlines the accessibility features of this content - including support for screen readers, full keyboard navigation and high-contrast display options. This may not be relevant for you.

    Accessibility Information

    Accessibility compliance for the PDF of this book is currently unknown and may be updated in the future.