Leisurely Islam [electronic resource] : negotiating geography and morality in Shi'ite South Beirut / Lara Deeb and Mona Harb.
2013
BJ1498 .D324 2013eb
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Title
Leisurely Islam [electronic resource] : negotiating geography and morality in Shi'ite South Beirut / Lara Deeb and Mona Harb.
Author
Deeb, Lara, 1974-
ISBN
9781400848560 electronic book
9780691153667 paperback
9780691153650
9780691153667 paperback
9780691153650
Published
New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2013]
Copyright
©2013
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (305 pages) : illustrations.
Call Number
BJ1498 .D324 2013eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
306.4/8120956925
Summary
"South Beirut has recently become a vibrant leisure destination with a plethora of cafés and restaurants that cater to the young, fashionable, and pious. What effects have these establishments had on the moral norms, spatial practices, and urban experiences of this Lebanese community? From the diverse voices of young Shi'i Muslims searching for places to hang out, to the Hezbollah officials who want this media-savvy generation to be more politically involved, to the religious leaders worried that Lebanese youth are losing their moral compasses, Leisurely Islam provides a sophisticated and original look at leisure in the Lebanese capital. What makes a café morally appropriate? How do people negotiate morality in relation to different places? And under what circumstances might a pious Muslim go to a café that serves alcohol? Lara Deeb and Mona Harb highlight tensions and complexities exacerbated by the presence of multiple religious authorities, a fraught sectarian political context, class mobility, and a generation that takes religion for granted but wants to have fun. The authors elucidate the political, economic, religious, and social changes that have taken place since 2000, and examine leisure's influence on Lebanese sociopolitical and urban situations. Asserting that morality and geography cannot be fully understood in isolation from one another, Leisurely Islam offers a colorful new understanding of the most powerful community in Lebanon today." -- Publisher's description.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Harb, Mona.
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Princeton studies in Muslim politics.
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Table of Contents
Introduction: Exploring Leisure, Morality, and Geography in South Beirut
New Leisure in South Beirut
Producing Islamic Fun: Hizbullah, Fadlallah, and the Entrepreneurs
Mapping Leisure and Café Styles
Flexible Morality, Respectful Choices, Smaller Transgressions
Comforting Territory, New Urban Experiences, and the Moral City
Good Taste, Leisure's Moral Spaces, and Sociopolitical Change in Lebanon.
New Leisure in South Beirut
Producing Islamic Fun: Hizbullah, Fadlallah, and the Entrepreneurs
Mapping Leisure and Café Styles
Flexible Morality, Respectful Choices, Smaller Transgressions
Comforting Territory, New Urban Experiences, and the Moral City
Good Taste, Leisure's Moral Spaces, and Sociopolitical Change in Lebanon.