Practices of truth an ethnomethodological inquiry into Arab contexts /
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Amsterdam ; Philadelphia :
John Benjamins Pub. Co.,
2011.
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| Series: | Pragmatics & beyond ;
new ser., 214. |
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| Online Access: | An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view |
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Table of Contents:
- Learning the truth: memorizing the Koran in an Egyptian kuttâb
- The context of truth practices: legislating the sharîa at the shopfloor level
- Telling the truth: the judge and the law in family matters
- The truth about oneself: three Arab channels and their self-presentation
- Speaking the truth: advocacy video clips against terror
- Narratives of truth: documenting the mind in a psychiatric hospital
- Conclusion: Truth: a matter of language game and practical achievement.