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Title
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The hexis of interpretation : Islam and the body in the Egyptian popular school
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Author
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Starrett, Gregory, 1961-
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Subjects--Topical
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Islam, Ritual, Education
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Description
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This article examines how travelers, colonial officials, and educators have treated prayer and other body rituals in Egyptian popular schools. Once the object of colonial critiques of indigenous pedagogy, body ritual has now become the focus of a ...
