Proper Islamic Consumption: Shopping Among the Malays in Modern Malaysia

by Johan Fischer

The West has seen the rise of the organic movement. In the Muslim world, a similar halal movement is rapidly spreading. Malaysia is at the forefront of this new global phenomenon.

Examining the powerful linkages between class, consumption, market relations, Islam and the state in contemporary Malaysia, this is the first book to explore how Malaysia's emerging Malay middle class is constituted through consumer practices and Islamic revivalism...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 8776940322
• ISBN13: 9788776940324
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: Nordic Institute of Asian Studies
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"