Muslim Rap, Halal Soaps, and Revolutionary Theater Artistic Developments in the Muslim World

Name: Muslim Rap, Halal Soaps, and Revolutionary Theater Artistic Developments in the Muslim World
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ISBN: 9780292726819

ISBN-10: 0292726813

ISBN-13: 9780292726819

Edition: 2011

Authors: Karin van Nieuwkerk

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From "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…

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List price: $55.00
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Publication date: 12/15/2011
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 301
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.364
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction. Artistic Developments in the Muslim Cultural Sphere: Ethics, Aesthetics, and the Performing Arts




The Power of Performance



Hardcore Muslims: Islamic Themes in Turkish Rap between Diaspora and Homeland




Contesting Islamic Concepts of Morality: Heavy Metal in Istanbul




Iranian Popular Music in Los Angeles: A Transnational Public beyond the Islamic State




Motivations



Ritual as Strategic Action: The Social Logic of Musical Silence in Canadian Islam




Pious Entertainment: Hizbullah's Islamic Cultural Sphere




Of Morals, Missions, and the Market: New Religiosity and "Art with a Mission" in Egypt




Staging the Body and the World Stage



Islamic Modernity and the Re-enchanting Power of Symbols in Islamic Fantasy Serials in Turkey




From "Evil-Inciting" Dance to Chaste "Rhythmic Movements": A Genealogy of Modern Islamic Dance-Theatrein Iran




Suficized Musics of Syria at the Intersection of Heritage and the War on Terror; Or "A Rumi with a View"



Afterword



Notes on Contributors


Index