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Tobin, Sarah A.,

Everyday piety : Islam and economy in Jordan / Sarah A. Tobin. - xiii, 227 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. - Cornell paperbacks .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

A Muslim plays the slot machines -- The history of Amman: "I don't recognize Amman anymore" -- Making it meaningful: Ramadan -- Love, sex, and the market: the Hijab -- Making it real: adequation -- Uncertainty inside the Islamic bank: "Is this the real islam?" -- Consuming Islamic banking: "they say they're Islamic, so they are" -- Branding Islam: Jordan's Arab Spring, middle class, and Islam.

ISBN: 9781501700453 1501700456 9781501700460 1501700464

Standard No.: 40025773146

LCCN: 2015036026

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Islam--Economic aspects--Jordan.
Islam--Social aspects--Jordan.
Islam and civil society--Jordan.
Islam and civil society.
Islam--Economic aspects.
Islam--Social aspects.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Jordan.

LC Class. No.: BP173.75 / .T63 2016

Dewey Class. No.: 297.095695