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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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Copenhagen :
NIAS ,
c2008
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| 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