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OverviewFrom ""green"" pop and ""clean"" cinema to halal songs, Islamic soaps, Muslim rap, Islamist fantasy serials, and Suficized music, the performing arts have become popular and potent avenues for Islamic piety movements, politically engaged Islamists, Islamic states, and moderate believers to propagate their religio-ethical beliefs. Muslim Rap, Halal Soaps, and Revolutionary Theater is the first book that explores this vital intersection between artistic production and Islamic discourse in the Muslim world. The contributors to this volume investigate the historical and structural conditions that impede or facilitate the emergence of a ""post-Islamist"" cultural sphere. They discuss the development of religious sensibilities among audiences, which increasingly include the well-to-do and the educated young, as well as the emergence of a local and global religious market. At the heart of these essays is an examination of the intersection between cultural politics, performing art, and religion, addressing such questions as where, how, and why pop culture and performing arts have been turned into a religious mission, and whether it is possible to develop a new Islamic aesthetic that is balanced with religious sensibilities. As we read about young Muslims and their quest for a ""cool Islam"" in music, their struggle to quell their stigmatized status, or the collision of morals and the marketplace in the arts, a vivid, varied new perspective on Muslim culture emerges. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Karin van NieuwkerkPublisher: University of Texas Press Imprint: University of Texas Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.454kg ISBN: 9780292747685ISBN 10: 0292747683 Pages: 301 Publication Date: 01 December 2011 Audience: College/higher education , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviews""A welcome addition to discussions about contemporary cultures in Muslim contexts. [...] The collection of essays in the volume Muslim Rap is impressive."" - Contemporary Islam A welcome addition to discussions about contemporary cultures in Muslim contexts. [...] The collection of essays in the volume Muslim Rap is impressive. - Contemporary Islam Author InformationKarin van Nieuwkerk is an anthropologist and Associate Professor at the University of Nijmegen. Her books include Women Embracing Islam: Gender and Conversion in the West and ""A Trade like Any Other"": Female Singers and Dancers in Egypt. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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