Memory, music, and religion : Morocco's mystical chanters /

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"Why do religious communities remember some events and not others? Why do some kinds of music find a continuing place in worship while others seem to lose their appeal? Why is it that the Islamic tradition is understood so narrowly, even by some Muslims, when in fact it has a broadly textured h...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Waugh, Earle H., 1936- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Columbia, S.C. : University of South Carolina Press, 2005.
Series:Studies in comparative religion (Columbia, S.C.)
Subjects:
Music > Religious aspects > Islam.
Singing > Religious aspects > Islam.
Memory > Religious aspects > Islam.
Sufism > Morocco.
Dervishes > Morocco.
Sufism > Rituals.
Soufisme > Rituel.
Derviches > Maroc.
Soufisme > Maroc.
Chant > Aspect religieux > Islam.
Musique > Aspect religieux > Islam.
RELIGION / Islam / Sufi
Memory > Religious aspects > Islam
Dervishes
Music > Religious aspects > Islam
Singing > Religious aspects > Islam
Sufism
Sufism > Rituals
Derwisch
Sufismus
Vokalmusik
Sufism.
Music.
Collective memory.
Morocco
Marokko
Morocco.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Examining foundations : the formation of the Islamic chanter tradition
  • The Islamic engagement with memory : remembrance as a way of knowing
  • The chanter's religious scripts : the transformation of memory's heritage
  • The chanter's classical text : tools for the master of memory
  • Alternative and visionary pasts : the impact of other memories
  • Remembered sacred sounds : the music of the Munshidūn
  • The contemporary Munshid : between memory and attestation
  • The Munshidūn, memory, and religion.

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