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An Enchanted Modern: Gender and Public Piety in Shi´i Lebanon
Lara Deeb
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Paperback. 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. Series: Princeton Studies in Muslim Politics. Num Pages: 288 pages, 18 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FBL; JFSJ1; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 420.
Based on two years of ethnographic research in the southern suburbs of Beirut, An Enchanted Modern demonstrates that Islam and modernity are not merely compatible, but actually go hand-in-hand. This eloquent 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. In this depiction of a Shi'I Muslim community in Beirut, Deeb examines the ways that individual and collective expressions and understandings of piety have been debated, contested, and reformulated. Women take center stage in this process, a result ... Read more
Based on two years of ethnographic research in the southern suburbs of Beirut, An Enchanted Modern demonstrates that Islam and modernity are not merely compatible, but actually go hand-in-hand. This eloquent 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. In this depiction of a Shi'I Muslim community in Beirut, Deeb examines the ways that individual and collective expressions and understandings of piety have been debated, contested, and reformulated. Women take center stage in this process, a result ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
275
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Series
Princeton Studies in Muslim Politics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691124216
SKU
V9780691124216
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About Lara Deeb
Lara Deeb is a cultural anthropologist and Assistant Professor of Women's Studies at the University of California, Irvine.
Reviews for An Enchanted Modern: Gender and Public Piety in Shi´i Lebanon
"Lara Deeb successfully argues that Islamism is not static or monolithic, and that Islam and modernity are entirely compatible."
Nancy E. Gallagher, Digest of Middle East Studies "Lara Deeb's expansive and eloquent ethnography focuses on the community of Lebanese Shi'i who identify with Hizbullah. It is an excellent analysis of the way that women, in particular, live and define a modern, ... Read more
Nancy E. Gallagher, Digest of Middle East Studies "Lara Deeb's expansive and eloquent ethnography focuses on the community of Lebanese Shi'i who identify with Hizbullah. It is an excellent analysis of the way that women, in particular, live and define a modern, ... Read more