| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 286 pages) : illustrations |
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Princeton studies in Muslim politics |
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Princeton studies in Muslim politics.
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| Contents |
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; Preface and Acknowledgments; Note on Language; Introduction: Exploring Leisure, Morality, and Geography in South Beirut; 1 New Leisure in South Beirut; 2 Producing Islamic Fun: Hizbullah, Fadlallah, and the Entrepreneurs; 3 Mapping Leisure and Café Styles; 4 Flexible Morality, Respectful Choices, Smaller Transgressions; 5 Comforting Territory, New Urban Experiences, and the Moral City; 6 Good Taste, Leisure's Moral Spaces, and Sociopolitical Change in Lebanon; Appendix: Quoted Figures and Characters; Notes; Glossary; References; Index |
| 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 orig |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-276) and index |
| Notes |
In English |
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Print version record |
| In |
Druckausg.: Deeb, Lara. Leisurely Islam |
| Subject |
Leisure -- Lebanon -- Beirut
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Shiites -- Lebanon -- Beirut
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Recreation areas -- Lebanon -- Beirut
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Leisure -- Religious aspects -- Islam.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture.
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RELIGION -- Islam -- General.
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Leisure -- Religious aspects -- Islam
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Leisure
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Recreation areas
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Shiites
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Sjiʻisme.
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Recreatie.
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Ethische aspecten.
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Philosophy.
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Philosophy & Religion.
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Ethics.
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Lebanon -- Beirut
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Beirut.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Harb, Mona, author.
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| LC no. |
2012049867 |
| ISBN |
9781299874206 |
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1299874207 |
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9781400848560 |
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1400848563 |
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