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Women, the recited Qur'an, and Islamic music in Indonesia /

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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Rasmussen, Anne K. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2010.
Colección:ACLS Humanities E-Book.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario: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.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xx, 312 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-295) and index.
ISBN:9780520947429
0520947428
1282732528
9781282732520
9786612732522
6612732520