Divine Inspirations Music and Islam in Indonesia

Name: Divine Inspirations Music and Islam in Indonesia
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ISBN: 9780195385410

ISBN-10: 0195385411

ISBN-13: 9780195385410

Edition: 2010

Authors: David Harnish, Anne Rasmussen, David Harnish, Anne Rasmussen

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Indonesia is celebrated for its courtly arts, its beautiful beaches, its tourist attractions, and its artisan marketplace. Yet long overdue is a look at Indonesian Islam as the source of and inspiration for the arts throughout the history if its people, and in the dynamic popular performances of today. From the rhythmic grooves of dang dut, the archipelago's tenacious pop music, to the oft-quoted image of the wayang shadow puppet-theater, Divine Inspirations: Music and Islam inIndonesia investigates the expression of the Muslim religion through a diversity of art forms in this region. And from Quranic recitation by teenaged girls and women in Jakarta to the provincial patronage of Sufi arts…

Book details

List price: $135.00
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 5/9/2011
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 384
Size: 6.38" wide x 9.25" long x 1.20" tall
Weight: 1.408
Language: English