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Size Matters!: Miniature Mushafs and the Landscape of Affordances
Linnaeus University, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Department of Cultural Sciences. (Centre for Concurrences in Colonial and Postcolonial Studies)ORCID iD: 0000-0002-4425-0541
2019 (English)In: Miniature Books: The Format and Function of Tiny Religious Texts / [ed] Kristina Myrvold, Dorina Miller Parmenter, Sheffield: Equinox Publishing, 2019, p. 158-176Chapter in book (Refereed)
Abstract [en]

The aim of this chapter is to address the question of why miniature Qur'ans have been and still are desirable objects. The question is approached with the help of the concept of "affordances" (Gibson 1986; Knappett 2005), or the different "action possibilities" that material objects present to different organisms, including humans. Affordances are relational in character, and dependent upon the organism's anatomical, psychological, and in the case of a human, cultural and social set-up and contexts. The concept of affordances is combined with James W. Watts' theoretical distinction between three different dimensions (semantic, performative, and iconic) of how humans interact with and relate to sacred texts. The result is a set of possible, and not necessarily mutually exclusive, explanations why miniature Qur'ans are desirable objects, in what contexts, and to whom.

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Sheffield: Equinox Publishing, 2019. p. 158-176
Series
Comparative Research on Iconic and Performative Texts
Keywords [en]
Qur'an, mushaf, minatures, affordances
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History of Religions Religious Studies
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Humanities, Study of Religions; Humanities, Study of Religions
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URN: urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-89740Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85129897120ISBN: 9781781798607 (print)ISBN: 9781781798614 (print)ISBN: 9781781798621 (electronic)OAI: oai:DiVA.org:lnu-89740DiVA, id: diva2:1362521
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Artikeln tidigare publicerad i tidsskrift Postscripts 2013 (faktiskt publiceringsår 2018).

Available from: 2019-10-21 Created: 2019-10-21 Last updated: 2023-11-20Bibliographically approved

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