An Enchanted Modern

An Enchanted Modern
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Publisher : Princeton University Press
Total Pages : 290
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ISBN-10 : 0691124213
ISBN-13 : 9780691124216
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Book Synopsis An Enchanted Modern by : Lara Deeb

Download or read book An Enchanted Modern written by Lara Deeb and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2006-03-19 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on two years of ethnographic research in Beirut, this book demonstrates that Islam and modernity are not merely compatible, but actually go hand-in-hand. This portrayal of an Islamic community articulates how an alternative 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 of their visibility both within the community, and in relation to Western ideas that link the status of women to modernity.


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