Skip to:Content
|
Bottom
Cover image for Dreams that matter : Egyptian landscapes of the imagination
Title:
Dreams that matter : Egyptian landscapes of the imagination
Author:
Mittermaier, Amira, 1974- author.
ISBN:
9780520947856
Publication Information:
Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2011.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xv, 308 pages) : illustrations
Abstract:
Dreams that Matter explores the social and material life of dreams in contemporary Cairo. Amira Mittermaier guides the reader through landscapes of the imagination that feature Muslim dream interpreters who draw on Freud, reformists who dismiss all forms of divination as superstition, a Sufi devotional group that keeps a diary of dreams related to its shaykh, and ordinary believers who speak of moving encounters with the Prophet Muhammad. In close dialogue with her Egyptian interlocutors, Islamic textual traditions, and Western theorists, Mittermaier teases out the dream's ethical, political, and religious implications. Her book is a provocative examination of how present-day Muslims encounter and engage the Divine that offers a different perspective on the Islamic Revival. Dreams that matter opens up new spaces for an anthropology of the imagination, inviting us to rethink both the imagined and the real.
Holds:
Copies:

Available:*

Library
Material Type
Item Barcode
Shelf Number
Status
Item Holds
Searching...
E-Book 375309-1001 ONLINE
Searching...

On Order

Go to:Top of Page