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The halal frontier : Muslim consumers in a globalized market / Johan Fischer.

Title
The halal frontier : Muslim consumers in a globalized market / Johan Fischer.
Author
Fischer, Johan
Publication
New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.

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186 p. : ill.; 21 cm.
Summary
Halal:Arabic, literally"permissible" or "lawful."Johan Fischer's illuminating studyproves that in the modern world, halal is no longer an expression of esoteric forms of production, trade, and consumption, but part of a huge and expanding globalized market. Exploring contemporary forms of halal understanding and practice among Malay Muslims in London - that is, halal consumption by middle-class Malays on "the frontier"--Evokes important and pressing questions onboth Islamic thought and how we live our lives today. The Halal Frontier gives usfreshinsight into the religious dimensions of food consumption in an era of globalized mass production.
Series Statement
Contemporary anthropology of religion
Uniform Title
Contemporary anthropology of religion.
Subject
  • Muslims > Dietary laws
  • Halal food industry
  • Food > Islam
  • Halal food industry > Malaysia
  • Theological anthropology > Islam
  • RELIGION > General
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
The halal frontier -- Halal and Malay middle-class mobility in Malaysia -- Between halal and the secular in London -- The other side of the logo -- Urban halal landscapes -- Halal sanitized.
ISBN
  • 9780230114173 (hardcover)
  • 0230114172 (hardcover)
  • 9780230114180 (trade pbk.)
  • 0230114180 (trade pbk.)
LCCN
^^2010048082
OCLC
  • 682892265
  • SCSB-12026214
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library