“Illustrates the complex and contradictory impact of Muslim revivalism on the expectations
and hopes of Egyptian youth... Recommended.”—Choice Against the backdrop of the …

Individual autonomy is an idea that is generally understood to refer to the capacity to be
one's own person, to live one's life according to reasons and motives that are taken as one's …

Morality: An Anthropological Perspective provides the first account of anthropological
approaches to the question of morality. By considering how morality is viewed and enacted …

So much has been written in recent years on Muslims who consciously and consistently aim
to be pious, moral, and disciplined that the vast majority of Muslims who–like most of …

Popular representations of Pakistan's North West Frontier have long featured simplistic
images of tribal blood feuds, fanatical religion, and the seclusion of women. The rise to …

This book is an attempt to understand shifts in the grammars of culture and action at work in
movements. At its heart is the sense that contemporary movements confront us with a …

A 'hijabista'–from the terms hijabi and fashionista–is a Muslim woman who dresses
'stylishly'while still adhering to the rules governing 'modest'apparel that coincides with …

A major question regarding Islam in Europe concerns the religiosity of “Muslim youth”–a
category currently epitomizing both the fears and hopes of multicultural Europe. How are …

Foucault's technologies of the self have been used by sociological scholars of sport for
nearly two decades. Yet Markula's seminal articulation of a feminist Foucauldian ethics in …

How can we study significant cognitive differences within social groups anthropologically?
Attempting to do so challenges some of the discipline's most cherished methodological …