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Author Eisenlohr, Patrick, 1967- author.

Title Sounding Islam : voice, media, and sonic atmospheres in an Indian Ocean world / Patrick Eisenlohr
Published Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2018]

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Description 1 online resource : color illustrations
Contents Sounding Islam -- Devotional Islam and sound reproduction -- Aspirations in transnational religious networks -- The materiality of media and the vanishing medium -- The work of transduction: Voice as atmosphere -- Sound as affect? Encorporation and movement in vocal performance
Summary "Sounding Islam investigates the sonic dimensions of religion, combining perspectives from the anthropology of media, the anthropology of semiotic mediation, and sound studies. Based on long-term ethnographic research on devotional Islam in Mauritius, Patrick Eisenlohr explores how the voice, as a site of divine manifestation, becomes refracted in media practices that have become integral parts of religion. At the core of Eisenlohr's concern is the interplay of voice, media, affect, and listeners' experience, especially within the context of Mauritian Islamic practices. The work is a contribution to the anthropological study of sound, media, and religious experience and a rich study of Mauritius, diasporic South Asian communities, and global Islam."--Provided by publisher
Analysis affect
anthropology of media
devotional islam
dimension of religion
divine manifestation
ethnographic research
history of islam
interplay of voice
islam
islamic rituals and practice
mauritius
media practices
media
muslim
neo phenomenological
religion
religious experiences
religious traditions
sonic dimensions
sonic incitement of sensations
sound studies
translations
voice
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes Eisenlohr, Patrick 2018 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons CC-BY-NC-ND license http://creativecommons.org/licenses
English
Online resource; title from PDF title page (Site, viewed 02/09/2021)
Subject Voice.
Sound -- Religious aspects -- Islam.
Islamic poetry.
Islam -- Mauritius
Religion: general.
Media studies.
Anthropology.
RELIGION -- Islam -- History.
Sound -- Religious aspects -- Islam
Islam
Islamic poetry
Voice
Mauritius
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2018012075
ISBN 0520970764
0520298713
9780520298712
9780520970762