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  • The Moral Economy of Plant-Based Futures

    by Johan Fischer ...
    The Moral Economy of Plant-Based Futures explores the complex interplay between plant-based social movements and the evolving global economy, offering a timely analysis of how these movements respond to and shape calls for reduced meat and dairy production.While meat and dairy production and consumption are increasingly being held responsible for climate change and general environmental ... Read more

    $60.99 USD

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  • Vegetarianism, Meat and Modernity in India

    by Johan Fischer ...
    Never before in human history have vegetarianism and a plant-based economy been so closely associated with sustainability and the promise of tackling climate change. Nowhere is this phenomenon more visible than in India, which is home to the largest number of vegetarians globally and where vegetarianism is intrinsic to Hinduism. India is often considered a global model for vegetarianism.However, ... Read more

    $60.99 USD

  • Kosher and Halal Business Compliance

    by John Lever, Johan Fischer ...
    Kosher is a Hebrew term meaning ‘fit’ or ‘proper’ and halal is an Arabic word that literally means ‘permissible’ or ‘lawful’. Within the last two decades or so, kosher and halal markets have become global in scope and states, manufacturers, restaurants, shops, certifiers and consumers around the world are faced with ever stricter and more complex requirements – most clearly exemplified by Muslim ... Read more

    $33.99 USD

  • Religion, regulation, consumption

    Globalising kosher and halal markets

    by John Lever, Johan Fischer ...
    This book explores the emergence and expansion of global kosher and halal markets with a particular focus on the UK and Denmark. Kosher is a Hebrew term meaning 'fit' or 'proper' while halal is an Arabic word that literally means 'permissible' or 'lawful'. This is the first book to explore kosher and halal comparatively at different levels of the social scale such as individual consumption, the ... Read more

    $22.99 USD

  • Muslim Piety as Economy

    Markets, Meaning and Morality in Southeast Asia

    Edited by Johan Fischer, Jérémy Jammes ...
    Series series Studies in Material Religion and Spirituality
    The first volume to explore Muslim piety as a form of economy, this book examines specific forms of production, trade, regulation, consumption, entrepreneurship and science that condition – and are themselves conditioned by – Islamic values, logics and politics. With a focus on Southeast Asia as a site of significant and diverse integration of Islam and the economy – as well as the ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

  • Halal Matters

    Islam, Politics and Markets in Global Perspective

    Edited by Florence Bergeaud-Blackler, Johan Fischer, John Lever ...
    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 ... Read more

    $52.99 USD

  • Islam, Standards, and Technoscience

    In Global Halal Zones

    by Johan Fischer ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Anthropology
    Halal (literally, "permissible" or "lawful") production, trade, and standards have become essential to state-regulated Islam and to companies in contemporary Malaysia and Singapore, giving these two countries a special position in the rapidly expanding global market for halal products: in these nations state bodies certify halal products as well as spaces (shops, factories, and restaurants) and ... Read more

    $72.99 USD

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  • Halal Food

    A History

    by Febe Armanios, Bogac Ergene ...
    Food trucks announcing "halal" proliferate in many urban areas but how many non-Muslims know what this means, other than cheap lunch? Here Middle Eastern historians Febe Armanios and Bogac Ergene provide an accessible introduction to halal (permissible) food in the Islamic tradition, exploring what halal food means to Muslims and how its legal and cultural interpretations have changed in different ... Read more

    $20.89 USD

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  • Muslim Fashion

    Contemporary Style Cultures

    by Reina Lewis ...
    In the shops of London's Oxford Street, girls wear patterned scarves over their hair as they cluster around makeup counters. Alongside them, hip twenty-somethings style their head-wraps in high black topknots to match their black boot-cut trousers. Participating in the world of popular mainstream fashion—often thought to be the domain of the West—these young Muslim women are part of an emergent ... Read more

    $22.99 USD

  • People-to-People Diplomacy in Israel and Palestine

    The Minds of Peace Experiment

    Edited by Sapir Handelman ...
    The Minds of Peace Experiment is a small-scale Israeli-Palestinian public negotiating congress. The exercise invites Israeli and Palestinian delegations to publicly negotiate solutions to their struggle over a limited period of sessions. The initiative is designed to demonstrate the peacemaking power of a major public negotiating congress, to evaluate its potential outcomes, and to get support for ... Read more

    $60.99 USD

  • The Halal Frontier

    Muslim Consumers in a Globalized Market

    by J. Fischer ...
    Series series Contemporary Anthropology of Religion
    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. ... Read more

    $89.99 USD

  • Playing With Fire

    Feminist Thought And Activism Through Seven Lives In India

    by Sangtin Writers, Richa Nagar ...
    Seven voices contribute to this rare glimpse of the work being done on the front lines of the fight for social change in India. Playing with Fire is written in the collective voice of women employed by a large NGO as activists in their communities and is based on diaries, interviews, and conversations among them. Together their personal stories reveal larger themes and questions of sexism, ... Read more

    $16.99 USD