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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Bibliographic Details
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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Table of Contents:
  • 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