Note on Language

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Figures vii
4. Preface and Acknowledgments ix
5. Note on Language xiii
6. Introduction: Exploring Leisure, Morality, and Geography in South Beirut 1
7. 1. New Leisure in South Beirut 35
8. 2. Producing Islamic Fun: Hizbullah, Fadlallah, and the Entrepreneurs 66
9. 3. Mapping Leisure and Café Styles 102
10. 4. Flexible Morality, Respectful Choices, Smaller Transgressions 135
11. 5. Comforting Territory, New Urban Experiences, and the Moral City 176
12. 6. Good Taste, Leisure’s Moral Spaces, and Sociopolitical Change in Lebanon 208
13. Appendix: Quoted Figures and Characters 223
14. Notes 227
15. Glossary 261
16. References 263
17. Index 277
18. Backmatter 287