Women, the Recited Qur'an, and Islamic Music in Indonesia / Edition 1

by Anne Rasmussen

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780520255494
Publisher:	University of California Press
Publication date:	08/23/2010
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	336
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Anne K. Rasmussen is Associate Professor of Music at the College of William and Mary.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations ix

Note on Transliteration and Translation xi

Preface and Acknowledgments xiii

1 Setting the Scene 1

2 Hearing Islam in the Atmosphere 38

3 Learning Recitation: The Institutionalization of the Recited Qur'an 74

4 Celebrating Religion and Nation: The Festivalization of the Qur'an 125

5 Performing Piety through Islamic Musical Arts 166

6 Rethinking Women, Music, and Islam 211

Notes 245

Glossary 273

Bibliography 279

Index 297

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