Lifting the Veil on Infidel Brands: Islamist Discourses of Anticonsumerism

This paper examines how political Islam as a contemporary resistance ideology materializes in the consumption realm in a developing country. Through a critical ethnography, the study investigates how Islamism motivates consumers' defiant stances towards global brands and identifies three Islami...

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