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050 00 $aBP186.97$b.W48 2006
049 $aXIMM
100 1 $aWheeler, Brannon M.,$d1965-
245 10 $aMecca and Eden :$britual, relics, and territory in Islam /$cBrannon Wheeler.
260 $aChicago :$bUniversity of Chicago Press,$c2006.
300 $axi, 333 p. :$bill. ;$c23 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 247-316) and indexes.
505 0 $aRitual and social order -- Ritual, relics, and the Meccan sanctuary -- Chapter outline -- Treasure of the Kaʻbah -- Temple implements and treasure of the Kaʻbah -- Swords and the origins of Islam -- Conclusions: swords and the origins of civilization -- Utopia and civilization in Islamic rituals -- Touching the penis -- Adam and Eve's genitals -- Conclusions: taboo and contagion -- Relics of the prophet Muhammad -- Relics of the prophet Muhammad -- Relics and civilization -- Conclusions: relics and portable territory -- Tombs of giant prophets -- Long tombs -- Giants -- Conclusions: technology and human size -- Conclusion: the pure, the sacred, and civilization -- Status and power -- Symbol and agency -- General conclusions.
650 0 $aReliquaries, Islamic.
650 0 $aIslam$xRituals.
650 0 $aCivilization, Islamic.
994 $aC0$bXIM