Women, the Recited Qur'an, and Islamic Music in Indonesia

Name: Women, the Recited Qur'an, and Islamic Music in Indonesia
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ISBN: 9780520255494

ISBN-10: 0520255496

ISBN-13: 9780520255494

Edition: 2010

Authors: Anne Rasmussen

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Women, the Recited Qur'an, and Islamic Music in Contemporary Indonesiatakes 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 role of music in the expression of religious nationalism. In particular, it focuses on musical…

Book details

List price: $34.95
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 8/23/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.90" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English



List of Illustrations


Note on Transliteration and Translation


Preface and Acknowledgments



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


Notes


Glossary


Bibliography


Index