The aesthetics of spiritual practice and the creation of moral and musical subjectivities in Aleppo, Syria

Ethnology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 381-391

  Shannon, Jonathan H ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTHETICS; MUSIC; RELIGION;

ALEPPO; ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; HALAB; MIDDLE EAST; SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC; WORLD;

EID: 21244503865     PISSN: 00141828     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3774034     Document Type: Article

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