Mara Leichtman
Biographic Data
| ID | 1425683 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mara Leichtman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mara |
| FAMILY NAME | Leichtman |
| SIGNATURE | LEICHTMAN M |
| AFFILIATIONS | 1Department of Anthropology, Michigan State University, 310 Baker Hall, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Shi'i Cosmopolitanisms in Africa
An Enchanted Modern: Gender and Public Piety in Shi‘i Lebanon by Lara Deeb (Princeton University Press, 2006). ISBN 9780691124216.
Revolution, Modernity and (Trans)National Shi'i Islam
The establishment of a Shi'i Islamic network in Senegal is one alternative to following the country's dominant Sufi orders. I examine Senegalese conversion narratives and the central role played by the Iranian Revolution, contextualizing life stories (trans)nationally in Senegal's political economy and global networks with Iran and Lebanon. Converts localize foreign religious ideologies into a 'national' Islam through the discourse that Shi'i edu…
Revolution, Modernity and (Trans)National Shi'i Islam
The establishment of a Shi'i Islamic network in Senegal is one alternative to following the country's dominant Sufi orders. I examine Senegalese conversion narratives and the central role played by the Iranian Revolution, contextualizing life stories (trans)nationally in Senegal's political economy and global networks with Iran and Lebanon. Converts localize foreign religious ideologies into a 'national' Islam through the discourse that Shi'i edu…
Revolution, Modernity and (Trans)National Shi'i Islam
The establishment of a Shi'i Islamic network in Senegal is one alternative to following the country's dominant Sufi orders. I examine Senegalese conversion narratives and the central role played by the Iranian Revolution, contextualizing life stories (trans)nationally in Senegal's political economy and global networks with Iran and Lebanon. Converts localize foreign religious ideologies into a 'national' Islam through the discourse that Shi'i edu…
Shi'i Cosmopolitanisms in Africa
An Enchanted Modern: Gender and Public Piety in Shi‘i Lebanon by Lara Deeb (Princeton University Press, 2006). ISBN 9780691124216.
Africa (1 work) · African Studies and Geopolitics (1 work) · Anthropology of religion (1 work) · asia (1 work) · Conversion (1 work) · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity (1 work) · emigration and immigration (1 work) · Epistemology (1 work) · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories (1 work) · History of religions (1 work)