Women, The Recited Qur'an, And Islamic Music In Indonesia Project Muse Upcc Books

Women The 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 Extraordianry Diversity Of Arab-influenced Islamic Musical Styles And Genres, Also Performed By Women, Flourishes. Based On 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 Reliogious Nationalism. Setting The Scene -- Hearing Islam In The Atmosphere -- Learning Recitation : The Institutionalization Of The Recited Qur'an -- Celebrating Religion And Nation : The Festivalization Of The Qur'an -- Performing Piety Through Islamic Musical Arts -- Rethinking Women, Music, And Islam. Anne K. Rasmussen. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. 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. "Rasmuseen has written a classic study of the world of Islamic soundscapes, performances, and forms of musical piety in that most complex of societies, Indonesia. With great sensitivity; an alert musical response to players, reciters, and audiences; and a keen practitioner's ear and eye for subtlety as well as for the complexities of ǹoise', she changes common assumptions about Muslim music and, not least, genger in changing Islamic ritual cultures." Michael Gilsenan, author of Lords of the Lebanese Marches: Violence and Narrative in an Arab Society --Book Jacket Frontmatter List of Illustrations (page ix) Note on Transliteration and Translation (page xi) Preface and Acknowledgments (page xiii) 1. Setting the Scene (page 1) 2. Hearing Islam in the Atmosphere (page 38) 3. Learning Recitation: The Institutionalization of the Recited Qur'an (page 74) 4. Celebrating Religion and Nation: The Festivalization of the Qur'an (page 125) 5. Performing Piety through Islamic Musical Arts (page 166) 6. Rethinking Women, Music, and Islam (page 211) Notes (page 245) Glossary (page 273) Bibliography (page 279) Index (page 297) Takes readers to the heart of religious musical praxis in Indonesia, home to the largest Muslim population in the world. This title explores a 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.