The halal frontier
Subtitle: Muslim consumers in a globalized market
By: Johan Fischer
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Contemporary anthropology of religion; Contemporary anthropology of religion
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 186
ISBN-13: 9780230114173; 9780230114180
Subjects: Muslims; Dietary laws; Halal food industry; Food; Theological anthropology; Islam
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The halal frontier --; title: Halal and Malay middle-class mobility in Malaysia --; title: Between halal and the secular in London --; title: The other side of the logo --; title: Urban halal landscapes --; title: Halal sanitized.