Leisurely Islam

Negotiating Geography and Morality in Shi'ite South Beirut

Dados Bibliográficos

ID19986989
AutoresLara Deeb (0000-0002-8512-0153), Mona Harb (0000-0002-5734-3376)
Ano2013
Páginas304
Data de publicação2013-10-27
Open AccessSim
TipoBOOK
PeriódicoLeisurely Islam: Negotiating Geography and Morality in Shi'ite South Beirut (Princeton Studies in Muslim Politics) (SOURCE_BOOK)
EditoraPrinceton University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.23943/princeton/9780691153650.001.0001
OpenAlexW4240191134
Open LibraryOL26822460M
ISBN9780691153650
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas82

South Beirut has recently become a vibrant leisure destination with a plethora of cafés and restaurants that cater to the young, fashionable, and pious. What effects have these establishments had on the moral norms, spatial practices, and urban experiences of this Lebanese community? From the diverse voices of young Shi'i Muslims searching for places to hang out, to the Hezbollah officials who want this media-savvy generation to be more politically involved, to the religious leaders worried that Lebanese youth are losing their moral compasses, this book provides a sophisticated and original look at leisure in the Lebanese capital. What makes a café morally appropriate? How do people negotiate morality in relation to different places? And under what circumstances might a pious Muslim go to a café that serves alcohol? This book highlights tensions and complexities exacerbated by the presence of multiple religious authorities, a fraught sectarian political context, class mobility, and a generation that takes religion for granted but wants to have fun. The book elucidates the political, economic, religious, and social changes that have taken place since 2000, and examines leisure's influence on Lebanese sociopolitical and urban situations. Asserting that morality and geography cannot be fully understood in isolation from one another, the book offers a colorful new understanding of the most powerful community in Lebanon today

Context (archaeology) · Geography · Islam · Media studies · Morality · Negotiation · Political science · Politics · Social science · Sociology · Gender Studies · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Law · Middle East Politics and Society · Lebanon · Leisure · Recreation areas · Religious aspects · Shiites · Social conditions