Based on two years of ethnographic research in the southern suburbs of Beirut, An Enchanted Modern demonstrates that Islam and modernity are not merely compatible, but actually go hand-in-hand. 1999 IDRF Fellow Lara Deeb’s eloquent ethnographic portrayal of an Islamic community articulates how an alternative modernity, and specifically an enchanted modernity, may be constructed by Shi’I Muslims who consider themselves simultaneously deeply modern, cosmopolitan, and pious. Buy from Amazon.

Publication Details

Title
An Enchanted Modern: Gender and Public Piety in Shi’i Lebanon
Authors
Deeb, Lara
Publisher
Princeton University / Princeton University Press
Publish Date
2006
ISBN
978-0691124216
Citation
Deeb, Lara, An Enchanted Modern: Gender and Public Piety in Shi’i Lebanon (Princeton University / Princeton University Press, 2006).
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