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1 online resource |
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Performing piety from the inside out : fashioning gender and public space in mask "tradition" from Java's northwest coast / Laurie Margot Ross -- Islamic revivalism and religious piety in Indonesian cinema / Eric Sasono -- Embodying the divine and the body politic : mak yong performance in rural Kelantan, Malaysia / Patricia A. Hardwick -- "Islamic" TV dramas, Malay youth, and pious visions for Malaysia / Timothy P. Daniels -- Complicating senses of masculinity, femininity and Islam through the performing arts in Malang, East Java / Christina Sunardi -- Social drama, dangdut and popular culture / Timothy P. Daniels |
| Summary |
The Muslim-majority nations of Malaysia and Indonesia are famous for their extraordinary arts and Islamic revival movements. Using ethnographic methods to analyze performance text, social and historical context, and local perspectives, the contributors to this volume address how pious notions and practices intersect with contemporary religio-ethical projects and sociopolitical dynamics. This collection provides an extensive view of dance, music, television series, and film in rural, urban, and mass-mediated contexts and how pious Islamic discourses are encoded and embodied in these public cultural forms |
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"This volume focuses on performing arts, popular culture and piety in the Muslim-majority nations of Malaysia and Indonesia, both known for their extraordinary arts and Islamic revival movements. This collection provides an extensive view of dance, music, television series and film in rural, urban, and mass-mediated contexts and how pious Islamic discourses are encoded and embodied in these public cultural forms. Together the authors adopt ethnographic methods--analyzing performance text, social and historical context and local perspectives--to address how pious notions and practices intersect with contemporary religio-ethical projects and sociopolitical dynamics"--Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Islam and the performing arts -- Malaysia
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Islam and the performing arts -- Indonesia
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Islam and culture -- Malaysia
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Islam and culture -- Indonesia
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Popular culture -- Malaysia
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Popular culture -- Indonesia
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RELIGION -- Islam -- Theology.
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Islam and culture
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Islam and the performing arts
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Popular culture
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Indonesia
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Malaysia
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Daniels, Timothy P., 1960-
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| ISBN |
9781137318398 |
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1137318392 |
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9781349457595 |
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1349457590 |
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9781137320025 |
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1137320028 |
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