Everyday piety : Islam and economy in Jordan /
Working and living as an authentic Muslim--comporting oneself in an Islamically appropriate way--in the global economy can be very challenging. How do middle-class Muslims living in the Middle East navigate contemporary economic demands in a distinctly Islamic way? What are the impacts of these effo...
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Langue: | anglais |
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Ithaca ; London :
Cornell University Press
2016.
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| Accès en ligne: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7591/j.ctt20d885m |
Table des matières:
- A Muslim plays the slot machines
- The history of Amman: "I don't recognize it anymore"
- Making it meaningful: Ramadan
- Love, sex, and the market: the Hijab
- Making it real: adequation
- Uncertainty inside the Islamic bank: "Is this the real Islam?"
- Consuming Islamic banking: "they say they're Islamic, so they are"
- Branding Islam: Jordan's Arab Spring, middle class, and Islam.