Practices of truth an ethnomethodological inquiry into Arab contexts /
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| Format: | Book |
| 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: | http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ucy/Doc?id=10508969 |
Table of Contents:
- Learning the truth: memorizing the Koran in an Egyptian kuttγab
- The context of truth practices: legislating the sharγia 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.