Music, Culture and Identity in the Muslim World

Performance, Politics and Piety

Kamal Salhi

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Routledge
29 November 2013

Islam; Cultural studies; Islamic studies

Series: Routledge Advances in Middle East and Islamic Studies

In contrast to many books on Islam that focus on political rhetoric and activism, this book explores Islam's extraordinarily rich cultural and artistic diversity, showing how sound, music and bodily performance offer a window onto the subtleties and humanity of Islamic religious experience. Through a wide range of case studies from West Asia, South Asia and North Africa and their diasporas - including studies of Sufi chanting in Egypt and Morocco, dance in Afghanistan, and ""Muslim punk"" on-line - the book demonstrates how Islam should not be conceived of as being monolithic or monocultural, how there is a large disagreement within Islam as to how music and performance should be approached, such disagreements being closely related to debates about orthodoxy, secularism, and moderate and fundamental Islam, and how important cultural activities have been, and continue to be, for the formation of Muslim identity.

Edited by: Kamal Salhi
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 750g
ISBN: 9780415665629
ISBN 10: 0415665620
Series: Routledge Advances in Middle East and Islamic Studies
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 29 November 2013
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Kamal Salhi is Reader in Francophone, Postcolonial and North African Studies at the University of Leeds and Deputy Director of the Leeds Centre for African Studies