Women, the Recited Qur'an, and Islamic Music in Indonesia - Hardcover

Rasmussen, Anne

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0520255488 ISBN 13: 9780520255487

Publisher: California University Press, 2010

Synopsis

"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.

About this title

Review:

"This book breaks new ground as it overturns old assumptions."--Michael B. Bakan"Ethnomusicology" (01/05/2012)

About the Author:

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

About this edition

• Publisher: California University Press
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0520255488
• ISBN 13: 9780520255487
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 336