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- Performing Piety: Singers and Actors in Egypt's Islamic Revival
- Book
- 2013
- Published by: University of Texas Press
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Tracing the Islamization of Egyptian celebrities and their fans and the emergence of an Islamic aesthetics, this book offers a unique history of the religious revival in Egypt through the lens of the performing arts.
Table of Contents
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- Title Page, Copyright Page
- pp. i-viii
- Acknowledgments
- pp. ix-xii
- Introduction
- pp. 1-12
- 3. Veiling and Charity
- pp. 67-88
- 4. The Islamist (Counter)public
- pp. 98-120
- 5. The Secular Cultural Field
- pp. 121-145
- 6. Changing Discourses on Art and Gender
- pp. 146-174
- 7. Art with a Mission and Post-Islamism
- pp. 184-205
- 8. Halal Weddings and Religious Markets
- pp. 206-232
- 9. Ramadan Soaps and Islamic Aesthetics
- pp. 233-258
- Bibliography
- pp. 297-310
Additional Information
ISBN
9780292745872
Related ISBN(s)
9780292745865
MARC Record
OCLC
856929542
Pages
332
Launched on MUSE
2013-10-21
Language
English
Open Access
No
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