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- Women, the Recited Qur’an, and Islamic Music in Indonesia
- Book
- 2010
- Published by: University of California Press
summary
Women, the Recited Qur'an, and Islamic Music in Contemporary Indonesia takes 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 style, women's roles, and the ideological and aesthetic issues raised by the Indonesian style of recitation.
Table of Contents
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- List of Illustrations
- pp. ix-x
- Note on Transliteration and Translation
- pp. xi-xii
- Preface and Acknowledgments
- pp. xiii-xxii
- 1. Setting the Scene
- pp. 1-37
- 2. Hearing Islam in the Atmosphere
- pp. 38-73
- 6. Rethinking Women, Music, and Islam
- pp. 211-244
- Bibliography
- pp. 279-296
- Production Notes
- p. 313
Additional Information
ISBN
9780520947429
Related ISBN(s)
9780520255487
MARC Record
OCLC
659558286
Pages
336
Launched on MUSE
2014-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No