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  E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/44899789 Title: The calligraphic state : textual domination and history in a Muslim society Author: Brinkley Morris Messick Publisher: Berkeley : University of California Press, 1996, ©1993. ISBN/ISSN: 0520205154 9780520205154 0520076052 9780520076051 OCLC:44899789

  
  

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The calligraphic state : textual domination and history in a Muslim society

Author:	Brinkley Morris Messick
Publisher:	Berkeley : University of California Press, 1996, ©1993.
Series:	Comparative studies on Muslim societies, 16.
Edition/Format:	Print book : English : 1st pbk. edView all editions and formats
Summary:	Combining anthropology, history, and postmodern theory, this book examines the changing relation of writing and authority in a Muslim society from the late nineteenth century onwards. It raises important issues that are of comparative significance for understanding political life in other Muslim and nonwestern states as well.  Read more...
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Subjects	Islam -- Yemen (Republic) Manuscripts, Arabic -- Yemen (Republic) -- Public opinion. Islamic law -- Yemen (Republic) View all subjects
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