Proper Islamic consumption : shopping among the Malays in modern Malaysia

Similar to the Western organic movement, a halal movement is spreading in the Muslim world. Exploring consumption practices in urban Malaysia, this book shows how diverse forms of Malay middle-class consumption are understood, practised and contested. It also traces linkages between class, consumpti...

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Main Author: Fischer, Johan (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Copenhagen : NIAS , c2008
Series:Nordic Institute of Asian Studies monograph series
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505 0 |a 1. Shopping among the Malays in Modern Malaysia -- 2. Becoming middle-class Malays -- 3. Halalisation in and on Malaysian bodies -- 4. Housing suburban halalisation -- 5. Consumption, moral panic and the National Family -- 6. The excess of possibilities -- 7. Consuming the hand that feeds you -- 8. Consumptions, conclusions and the wider picture 
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650 0 |a Consumption (Economics)   |x Religious aspects   |x Islam 
651 0 |a Malaysia   |x Religious life and customs 
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