Women, the recited Qur'an, and Islamic music in Indonesia
Takes readers to the heart of religious musical praxis in Indonesia, home to the largest Muslim population in the world. This title explores a 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.
Print Book, English, cop. 2010
University of California, Berkeley, cop. 2010
XX, 312 p. : il., mapas ; 23 cm
9780520255494, 0520255496
912635017
List of Illustrations Note on Transliteration and Translation Preface and Acknowledgments 1. Setting the Scene 2. Hearing Islam in the Atmosphere 3. Learning Recitation: The Institutionalization of the Recited Qur'an 4. Celebrating Religion and Nation: The Festivalization of the Qur'an 5. Performing Piety through Islamic Musical Arts 6. Rethinking Women, Music, and Islam Notes Glossary Bibliography Index
Índice : p. 297-312
Bibliografía : p. 279-295