Deeb / Harb Leisurely Islam

Negotiating Geography and Morality in Shi‘ite South Beirut
Course Book
ISBN: 978-1-4008-4856-0
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 304 Seiten

Reihe: Princeton Studies in Muslim Politics

Lara Deeb is associate professor of anthropology at Scripps College and the author of An Enchanted Modern (Princeton). Mona Harb is associate professor of urban studies and politics at the American University of Beirut and the author of Le Hezbollah à Beyrouth.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Deeb, Lara

Harb, Mona

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Religionssoziologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam & Islamische Studien

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Figures vii
Preface and Acknowledgments ix
Note on Language xiii
Introduction: Exploring Leisure, Morality, and Geography in South Beirut 1
1New Leisure in South Beirut 35
2Producing Islamic Fun: Hizbullah, Fadlallah, and the Entrepreneurs 66
3Mapping Leisure and Café Styles 102
4Flexible Morality, Respectful Choices, Smaller Transgressions 135
5Comforting Territory, New Urban Experiences, and the Moral City 176
6Good Taste, Leisure's Moral Spaces, and Sociopolitical Change in Lebanon 208
Appendix: Quoted Figures and Characters 223
Notes 227
Glossary 261
References 263
Index 277

Über Autor(innen)

Lara Deeb is associate professor of anthropology at Scripps College and the author of An Enchanted Modern (Princeton). Mona Harb is associate professor of urban studies and politics at the American University of Beirut and the author of Le Hezbollah à Beyrouth.