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In The Halal Frontier Johan Fischer shows that halal (literally lawful or permitted) is no longer an expression of esoteric forms of production, trade and consumption, but part of an expanding globalised market. This book explores modern forms of halal understanding and practice in the halal consump...

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Main Author: Fischer, Johan (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
Series:Contemporary anthropology of religion.
Subjects:
Social Sciences.
Anthropology.
Cultural Anthropology.
Islam.
Organizational Studies, Economic Sociology.
Social Anthropology.
Sociology of Religion.
Economics > Sociological aspects.
Ethnology.
Religion and sociology.
Social sciences.
Electronic books.
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Summary:In The Halal Frontier Johan Fischer shows that halal (literally lawful or permitted) is no longer an expression of esoteric forms of production, trade and consumption, but part of an expanding globalised market. This book explores modern forms of halal understanding and practice in the halal consumption of middle-class Malays in the diaspora.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (204 pages)
ISBN:9780230119789
DOI:10.1057/9780230119789