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Halal Matters: Islam, Politics and Markets in Global Perspective
F Bergeaud-Blackler
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Description for Halal Matters: Islam, Politics and Markets in Global Perspective
Paperback. Editor(s): Bergeaud-Blackler, Florence; Fischer, Johan; Lever, John. Num Pages: 214 pages, 7 black & white halftones, 2 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: HRH; JFSR2; JHMC; TDCT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 234 x 17. Weight in Grams: 298.
In today's globalized world, halal (meaning `permissible' or `lawful') is about more than food. Politics, power and ethics all play a role in the halal industry in setting new standards for production, trade, consumption and regulation. The question of how modern halal markets are constituted is increasingly important and complex. Written from a unique interdisciplinary global perspective, this book demonstrates that as the market for halal products and services is expanding and standardizing, it is also fraught with political, social and economic contestation and difference. The discussion is illustrated by rich ethnographic case studies from a range of contexts, and ... Read more
In today's globalized world, halal (meaning `permissible' or `lawful') is about more than food. Politics, power and ethics all play a role in the halal industry in setting new standards for production, trade, consumption and regulation. The question of how modern halal markets are constituted is increasingly important and complex. Written from a unique interdisciplinary global perspective, this book demonstrates that as the market for halal products and services is expanding and standardizing, it is also fraught with political, social and economic contestation and difference. The discussion is illustrated by rich ethnographic case studies from a range of contexts, and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Condition
New
Number of Pages
204
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781138812765
SKU
V9781138812765
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99-1
About F Bergeaud-Blackler
Florence Bergeaud-Blackler is an anthropologist and Research Fellow at the Institut de recherches et d'etude sur le monde arabe et musulman (IREMAM) in the Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS), France. John Lever is a Lecturer in the University of Huddersfield Business School. Johan Fischer is an Associate Professor ... Read more
Reviews for Halal Matters: Islam, Politics and Markets in Global Perspective
Easily the most authoritative study of the subject, this collection of essays on halal, an ostensibly ritual designation and practice, allows us to see how it becomes the crucial category by which Muslim subjects and markets around the world are both created and understood. - Faisal Devji, University of Oxford, UK ... Read more