Proper Islamic Consumption: Shopping Among the Malays in Modern Malaysia (NIAS-Nordic Institute of Asian Studies, Monographs, 113) - Softcover

Fischer, Johan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 8776940322 ISBN 13: 9788776940324

Publisher: NIAS Press, 2009

Synopsis

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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About the Author

Johan Fischer is an Associate Professor in the Department of Society and Globalization, Roskilde University, Denmark. His work focuses on modern Islam and consumer culture in Southeast Asia and Europe. More specifically, Johan explores the interfaces between class, consumption, market relations, Islam and the state in a globalized world. A central focus in this research is the theoretical and empirical focus on the proliferation of halal commodities on a global scale. He is the author of Proper Islamic Consumption: Shopping among the Malays in Modern Malaysia (NIAS Press 2008), The Halal Frontier: Muslim Consumers in a Globalized Market (Palgrave Macmillan 2011), Islam, Standards and Technoscience: In Global Halal Zones (Routledge 2015) and the co-edited volume Halal Matters: Islam, Politics and Markets in Global Perspective (Routledge 2015) as well as numerous articles in journals and edited volumes.

Edition details

• Publisher: NIAS Press
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 8776940322
• ISBN 13: 9788776940324
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 280