Practices of truth [electronic resource] : an ethnomethodological inquiry into Arab contexts / Baudouin Dupret.
Series: Pragmatics & beyond ; new ser., 214.Publication details: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2011.Description: xiv, 173 p. : ill. (chiefly col.)Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:- 306.440917/5927 23
- BJ1428.A73 D87 2011eb
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Learning the truth: memorizing the Koran in an Egyptian kutt�ab -- The context of truth practices: legislating the shar�ia 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.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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