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The West has seen the rise of the organic movement. In the Muslim world, a similar halal movement is rapidly spreading. Exploring consumption practices in urban Malaysia, this book shows how diverse forms of Malay middle-class consumption (of food, clothing and cars, for example) are understood, practised and contested as a particular mode of modern Islamic practice. It illustrates ways in which the issue of 'proper Islamic consumption' for consumers, the marketplace and the state in contemporary Malaysia evokes a whole range of contradictory Islamic visions, lifestyles and debates articulating what Islam is or ought to be. Its rich empirical material on everyday consumption in a local context will reinvigorate theoretical discussions about the nature of religion, ritual, the sacred and capitalism in the new millennium.

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Book category Books in English Society & social sciences Society & culture: general Social groups

• Full title: Proper Islamic Consumption
• Subtitle: Shopping Among the Malays in Modern Malaysia
• Author: Johan Fischer
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 272
• EAN: 9788776940317
• ID: 05050442
• Publisher: NIAS Press
• Weight: 522 g
• Dimensions: 228 × 152 × 21 mm
• Date of publishing: March 2008

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