Muslim rap, halal soaps, and revolutionary theater : artistic developments in the Muslim world / edited by Karin van Nieuwkerk.
| Other author | Nieuwkerk, Karin van, 1960- |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | 1st ed. |
| Publication Info | Austin, Tex. : University of Texas Press, 2011. |
| Description | vi, 291 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Inhaltsverzeichnis |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Part 1. Artistic developments in the Muslim cultural sphere: ethics, aesthetics, and the performing arts / Karin van Nieuwkerk -- The power of performance. Hardcore Muslims: Islamic themes in Turkish rap between diaspora and homeland / Thomas Solomon -- Contesting Islamic concepts of morality: heavy metal in Istanbul / Pierre Hecker -- Iranian popular music in Los Angeles: a transnational public beyond the Islamic state / Farzaneh Hemmasi -- Part 2. Motivations. Ritual as strategic action: the social logic of musical silence in Canadian Islam / Michael Frishkopf -- Pious entertainment: Hizbullah's Islamic cultural sphere /Joseph Alagha -- Of morals, missions, and the market: new religiosity and "art with a mission" in Egypt / Karin van Nieuwkerk -- Part 3. Staging the body and the world stage. Islamic modernity and the re-enchanting power of symbols in Islamic fantasy serials in Turkey / Ahu Yiğit -- From "evil-inciting" dance to chaste "rhythmic movements": a genealogy of modern Islamic dance-theatre in Iran / Zeinab stellar -- Suficized musics of Syria at the intersection of heritage and the War on Terror; or "a Rumi with a view" / Jonathan H. Shannon -- Afterword / Martin Stokes. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2011021616 |
| ISBN | 9780292726819 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0292726813 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780292735521 (e-book) |
| ISBN | 0292735529 (e-book) |