Divine Inspirations Music and Islam in Indonesia

Name: Divine Inspirations Music and Islam in Indonesia
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ISBN: 9780195385427

ISBN-10: 019538542X

ISBN-13: 9780195385427

Edition: 2010

Authors: 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…

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List price: $41.49
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 6/9/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 384
Size: 6.57" wide x 9.17" long x 1.02" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English



Acknowledgements


About the Companion Website


List of Illustrations


Notes on Contributors


Introduction: The World of Islam in the Music of Indonesia




Tensions and Change



Past and Present Issues of Islam within the Central Javanese Gamelan and Wayang Kulit




Tensions between Adat (Custom) and Agama (Religion) in the Music of Lombok




Mysticism and Devotion



ï¿½The Muslim Sisterhoodï¿½: Religious Performance, Transnational Feminism(s), and the Particularity of Indonesia




Brai in Performance: Religious Ecstasy and Art in Java




Self-Defense and Music in Muslim Contexts in West Java




Global Currents and Discourse



From ï¿½Dustï¿½ to Platinum: Global Currents through the Malay World of Musical Islam




ï¿½Authenticï¿½ Islamic Sound? Orkes Gambus Music, the Arab Idiom, and Sonic Symbols in Indonesian Islamic Musical Arts




The Discourse on Islam and Music in West Java, with Emphasis on the Music Group, Ath-Thawaf




Contemporary Performative Worlds



ï¿½Art with a Muslim Themeï¿½ and ï¿½Art with a Muslim Flavorï¿½ among Women of West Aceh




Islam, Politics, and the Dynamic of Contemporary Music in Indonesia




Morality and its (Dis)contents: Dangdut and Islam in Indonesia



Epilogue



Glossary


Index