Sounding Islam : voice, media, and sonic atmospheres in an Indian Ocean world / Patrick Eisenlohr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Eisenlohr, Patrick, 1967- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Voice.

Sound--Religious aspects--Islam.

Sound.

Islamic poetry.

Islam--Mauritius.

Islam.

Mauritius.

Physical Description:

xi, 174 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2018]

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.

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Eisenlohr, Patrick, 1967- Sounding Islam.

ISBN:

9780520298712

0520298713

OCLC:

1028614424