Women, the recited Qur'an, and Islamic music in Indonesia
Anne K. Rasmussen (Author)
Women, the Recited Qur'an, and Islamic Music in Contemporary Indonesia takes readers to the heart of religious musical praxis in Indonesia, home to the largest Muslim population in the world. Anne K. Rasmussen explores a rich public soundscape, where women recite the divine texts of the Qur'an, and where an extraordinary diversity of Arab-influenced Islamic musical styles and genres, also performed by women, flourishes. Based on unique and revealing ethnographic research beginning at the end of Suharto's "New Order" and continuing into the era of "Reformation," the book considers the powerful
Criticism, interpretation, etc
1 online resource (xx, 312 pages) : illustrations, maps
9780520947429, 9781282732520, 9786612732522, 0520947428, 1282732528, 6612732520
659558286
Setting the scene
Hearing Islam in the atmosphere
Learning recitation : the institutionalization of the recited Qur'an
Celebrating religion and nation : the festivalization of the Qur'an
Performing piety through Islamic musical arts
Rethinking women, music, and Islam
English
California scholarship online Click for access to e-book
uoelibrary.idm.oclc.org Available online via ACLS Humanities. Please log in using your Exeter IT login, if prompted.
go.openathens.net Click to View E-book