Muslim rap, halal soaps, and revolutionary theater : artistic developments in the Muslim world /
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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| Imprint: | Austin, Tex. : University of Texas Press, 2011. |
| Description: | vi, 291 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8942584 |
Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction. Artistic Developments in the Muslim Cultural Sphere: Ethics, Aesthetics, and the Performing Arts
- part 1. The Power of Performance
- chapter 1. Hardcore Muslims: Islamic Themes in Turkish Rap between Diaspora and Homeland
- chapter 2. Contesting Islamic Concepts of Morality: Heavy Metal in Istanbul
- chapter 3. Iranian Popular Music in Los Angeles: A Transnational Public beyond the Islamic State
- part 2. Motivations
- chapter 4. Ritual as Strategic Action: The Social Logic of Musical Silence in Canadian Islam
- chapter 5. Pious Entertainment: Hizbullah's Islamic Cultural Sphere
- chapter 6. Of Morals, Missions, and the Market: New Religiosity and "Art with a Mission" in Egypt
- part3. Staging the Body and the World Stage
- chapter 7. Islamic Modernity and the Re-enchanting Power of Symbols in Islamic Fantasy Serials in Turkey
- chapter 8. From "Evil-Inciting" Dance to Chaste "Rhythmic Movements": A Genealogy of Modern Islamic Dance-Theatrein Iran
- chapter 9. 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
