Pious Labor : Islam, Artisanship, and Technology in Colonial India / Amanda Lanzillo.

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Online Access: Full Text (via De Gruyter)
Main Author: Lanzillo, Amanda (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [2024]
Series:Islamic Humanities ; 5
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Note on Transliteration
  • Introduction
  • Part One. Creating New Muslim Trades, Claiming New Muslim Technologies
  • 1. Lithographic Labor: Locating Muslim Artisans in the Print Economy
  • 2. Electroplating as Alchemy: Labor and Technology among Muslim Metalsmiths
  • Part Two. The Circulation of Artisan Knowledge and Traditions
  • 3. Sewing with Idris: Artisan Knowledge and Community History
  • 4. Migrant Carpenters, Migrant Muslims: Religious and Technical Knowledge in Motion
  • Part Three. Muslim Artisans, State Projects, and Hierarchies of Technical Knowledge
  • 5. The Steam Engine as a Muslim Technology: Boilermaking and Artisan Islam
  • 6. Building the Modern Mosque: Stonemasonry as Religion and Labor
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index