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About the Author
Jurgen Wasim Frembgen is an Islamicist, anthropologist, writer, and Senior Curator (Hauptkonservator) of the Islamic Collection at the Munich State Museum of Ethnology. He is also Professor, of History of Religion and Culture of Islam at the Institute of Near and Middle Eastern Studies,University of Munich. Since 1981, he has taught Anthropology and Islamic Studies at different universities in Germany. In addition, he had been a visiting professor at the Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, National College of Arts, Lahore, as well as Ohio State University, USA. Since 1981, Frembgen has annually conducted ethnographic fieldwork in Pakistan (in the Punjab and Sindh as well as in the Karakoram and in Indus Kohistan). Paul Rollier has a PhD in Social Anthropology from the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), London. He is currently a post-doctoral research associate in Social Anthropology at University College, London, working on a collaborative project on democratic culture and power in South Asia.
Reviews
The book is concise and written with clarity of prose, keeping in mind the expectations of a general reader...The evocative chapter titles and photographs, large local glossary, and meticulous quotations of archival and vernacular materials take the reader on a terrestrial and celestial tour of Lahore. * Muhammad Amjad Kavesh, South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies *
Book Information
ISBN 9780199069187
Author Jurgen Wasim Frembgen
Format Hardback
Page Count 192
Imprint OUP India
Publisher OUP India
Weight(grams) 398g
Dimensions(mm) 225mm * 148mm * 15mm