An Enchanted Modern Gender and Public Piety in Shi'i Lebanon |
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| Author:
| Deeb, Lara |
| Series title: | Princeton Studies in Muslim Politics Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-691-12421-6 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2006 |
| Publisher: | Princeton University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $42.00 |
Book Description:
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Demonstrates that Islam and modernity are not merely compatible, but actually go hand-in-hand. This ethnographic portrayal of an Islamic community articulates how an alternative modernity, and specifically an enchanted modernity, may be constructed by Shi'I Muslims who consider themselves simultaneously deeply modern, cosmopolitan, and pious.
Demonstrates that Islam and modernity are not merely compatible, but actually go hand-in-hand. This ethnographic portrayal of an Islamic community articulates how an alternative modernity, and specifically an enchanted modernity, may be constructed by Shi'I Muslims who consider themselves simultaneously deeply modern, cosmopolitan, and pious.