Title Bosnian hajj literature : multiple paths to the holy / Dženita Karić

Published Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2023] ©2023

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 243 pages ): illustrations Contents Frontmatter -- Contents -- Figures -- Acknowledgements -- Note on Transliteration -- Timeline -- Introduction Writing about the Hajj through the Centuries -- 1 The Meanings of the Sacred -- 2 The Roads to Mecca -- 3 Change -- 4 Dis/Connections -- 5 Bosniaks between Homeland and Holy Land -- Conclusion: The Persistence of Devotion -- Bibliography -- Index Summary Explores changing attitudes to the holy through a study of five centuries of Bosnian Hajj literatureDiscusses Hajj literature from Bosnia written between the 16th and 21st centuries in Arabic, Ottoman Turkish and BosnianEngages with a variety of classical and modern genres including narrative accounts, travelogues, journalistic reportages, diaries, letters and postcards, religious treatises, essays, poems and playsStands at the intersection of Islamic studies, religious studies and broader area studiesRecentres the study of Islam on practices and writings, and on the Balkan experiences, which are often seen as 'peripheral' within the Muslim worldThis is the first critical and theoretically grounded book-length study of Hajj literature (written texts about the experience of the Hajj) and Hajj practices of Bosnian Muslims. It redefines the ways pilgrimage can be understood and offers new methods for investigating the meaning and importance of Hajj for generations of premodern and modern believers. It also throws light on Balkan communities previously ignored by modern scholarship in Islamic, religious, and area studies. Breaking with the predominant academic trends of focusing on nationalism and ethnic conflict in the region, it instead puts the spotlight on the richness of texts, and visual and archival material, and focuses on genres that challenge the established literary canons Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 216-232) and index Notes In English Description based on print version record Subject Muslim pilgrims and pilgrimages -- Saudi Arabia -- Mecca. Muslims -- Bosnia and Herzegovina -- History Muslims -- Bosnia and Herzegovina -- Biography Travel writers -- Bosnia and Herzegovina -- Biography Travel writing -- Bosnia and Herzegovina -- History Islam -- Bosnia and Herzegovina -- History -- Sources Islamic literature -- Bosnia and Herzegovina -- History and criticism Islamic stories -- History Islamic literature -- History and criticism. HISTORY / Europe / Eastern. Travel writing Travel writers Islamic stories Islamic literature Islam Muslim pilgrims and pilgrimages Muslims Bosnia and Herzegovina Saudi Arabia -- Mecca Genre/Form Sources History Criticism, interpretation, etc. Biographies Literary criticism. Critiques littéraires. Form Electronic book ISBN 9781474494120 1474494129 9781474494137 1474494137

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