Muslim societies in the age of mass consumption politics, culture and identity between the local and the global
In the course of the 20th century, hardly a region in the world has escaped the triumph of global consumerism. Muslim societies are no exception. Globalized brands are pervasive, and the landscapes of consumption are changing at a breathtaking pace. Yet Muslim consumers are not passive victims of th...
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Newcastle upon Tyne
Cambridge Scholars
2009
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Table of Contents:
- Halal, haram, or what? Creating Muslim space in London
- New transnational geographies of Islamism, capitalism, and subjectivity: the veiling-fashion industry in Turkey
- The shopping mall: the enchanted part of a disenchanted city. The case of ANKAmall, Ankara
- Between east and west: consumer culture and identity
- Consumers' monarchy: citizenship, consumption, and material politics in Saudi Arabia since the 1970s
- The Cola Turka controversy: consuming cola as a Turkish Muslim
- Consumption in Yemen: continuity and change
- (Un-)Islamic consumers? The case of Polish Tatars
- Marketing the Alevi Musical Revival
- Barbie, Razanne, Fulla: a tale of culture, globalization, consumerism, and Islam
- Islamizing the market? Advertising, products, and consumption in an Islamic framework in Syria
- Video games, video clips, and Islam: new media and the communication of values
- Representation of fashion as Muslima identity in Paras magazine
- The re-spiritualization of consumption or the commercialization of religion: creativity, responsibility, and hope. The case of Sunsulk Clean and Fresh in Indonesia
- American-Muslim identity: advertising, mass media + new media
- The economic politics of Muslim consumption