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Gregory Starrett
Researcher at University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Publications - 24
Citations - 715
Gregory Starrett is an academic researcher from University of North Carolina at Charlotte. The author has contributed to research in topics: Islam & Politics. The author has an hindex of 10, co-authored 24 publications receiving 674 citations.
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Putting Islam to work : education, politics, and religious transformation in Egypt
TL;DR: In this paper, Gregory Starrett focuses on the historical interplay of power and public culture, showing how these new forms of communication and a growing state interest in religious instruction have changed the way the Islamic tradition is reproduced.
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The Political Economy of Religious Commodities in Cairo
TL;DR: The authors explored the distribution and consumption of Islamic paraphernalia, examining how the development of a mass market in religious consumer goods, brought on in part by Egypt's shifting place in the global market, has transformed the urban religious consciousness.
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The Hexis of Interpretation: Islam and the Body in the Egyptian Popular School
TL;DR: The authors examines how travelers, colonial officials, and educators have treated prayer and other body rituals in Egyptian popular schools, starting from Bourdieu's notion of hexis, the literal embodiment of ideology.
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Teaching Islam: textbooks and religion in the Middle East
TL;DR: Teaching Islam as discussed by the authors explores the political and social priorities behind religious education in nine Middle Eastern countries, revealing dramatic differences in the way that Islam is presented in textbooks across the range of countries, reflecting local histories and the policy interests of the state.
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Mass Culture and Modernism In Egypt
TL;DR: Arbrum et al. as discussed by the authors describe the Mass Culture and Modernism In Egypt, a collection of essays about Egyptian culture and modernism in the 20th century. Cambridge: University of Cambridge Press, 1996.