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Leisurely Islam : Negotiating Geography and Morality in Shi'ite South Beirut / Mona Harb, Lara Deeb.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Princeton Studies in Muslim Politics ; 49Publisher: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2013]Copyright date: ©2014Edition: Course BookDescription: 1 online resource (304 p.) : 18 halftones. 5 mapsContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780691153667
  • 9781400848560
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 306.48120956925 23
LOC classification:
  • BJ1498
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- 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 -- Backmatter
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.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- 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 -- Backmatter

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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.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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