Divine Inspirations: Music and Islam in Indonesia
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| Rating | : | 4.90 (609 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0195385411 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 408 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-10-15 |
| Language | : | English |
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Extraordinary, Engaging, and Encyclopedic Dr. Debra Jan Bibel When we think of Islam, the Middle East first comes to mind, but the nation with the largest Muslim population, over 200 million, is at the junction of the Pacific and Indian Oceans, Indonesia. We Americans know very little about Indonesian Islam and its relationships with the various musical forms of this huge archipelago. For most world music fans,
This pioneering volume reanimates Islamic studies in Indonesia and beyond by revealing the many performative paths to the divine." --Engseng Ho, author of The Graves of Tarim:Genealogy and Mobility across the Indian Ocean"The influence of Islam on the arts has long been overlooked in Western studies of contemporary Indonesia. --Ethnomusicology. Anderson Sutton, School of Music, University of Wisconsin-Madison"Divine Inspirations illustrates and confounds the perennially contested line between religion and culture in Islam. This timely and original book changes that entirely. It will become the standard for the study of the arts in Indonesia and a model for similar studies in the broader Muslim world." --Robert Hefner, Director, Institute on Culture, Religion, and World Affairs, Boston University"A groundbreaking volumeExtremely successful in its aims and will be very well re
David Harnish is Professor of Ethnomusicology at Bowling Green State University. He is author of Bridges to the Ancestors: Music, Myth and Cultural Politics at an Indonesian Festival (2006) and has recorded and/or performed Indonesian, jazz, Indian and Tejano musics with five different labels.Anne K. She is the author of Women, the Recited Qur'an, and Islamic Music in Indonesia (2010), co-editor of Musics of Multicultural America
Unique and engaging, Divine Inspirations will fascinate readers interested in Southeast Asia, the Middle East, Islam, world religions, global discourse, and music, arts and ritual.. The resulting collection provides a panoramic view of Indonesia's Islamic arts in a variety of settings and communities. Together the authors address how history, politics, spirituality, and gender are expressed through performance and how Indonesian Islamic culture intersects with the ideology and practice of nationalism. Divine Inspirations: Music and Islam in Indonesia brings togethe