Kamaludeen Mohamed Nasir is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. He is the author of a number of books on the sociology of religion and political sociology, including Digital Culture and Religion in Asia, co-authored with Sam Han.
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Preface
Acknowledgements
1. Introduction
2. Muslim Youth Culture, Globalization, and Piety
3. Rethinking Muslim Youth Identities
4. Nasyid, Jihad And Hip-Hop
5. Tattooing The Muslim Youth Body
6. Youth Resistance Through Cultural Consumption
7. Conclusion
References
Index
This book is a sociological study of Muslim youth culture in two global cities in the Asia Pacific: Singapore and Sydney. Comparing young Muslims' participation in and reflections on various elements of popular culture, this study illuminates the range of attitudes and strategies they adopt to reconcile popular youth culture with piety.