Performance, Popular Culture, and Piety in Muslim Southeast Asia / edited by T. Daniels.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Daniels, T., Editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Religion and sociology.

Ethnology.

Culture.

Communication.

Culture--Study and teaching.

Islam.

Anthropology.

Sociology of Religion.

Regional Cultural Studies.

Media and Communication.

Cultural Studies.

Local Subjects:

Sociology of Religion.

Regional Cultural Studies.

Media and Communication.

Cultural Studies.

Islam.

Anthropology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (241 p.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2013.

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Muslim-majority nations of Malaysia and Indonesia are 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.

Contents:

Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures and Table; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Performance, Popular Culture, and Piety in Malaysia and Indonesia; 1 Performing Piety from the Inside Out: Fashioning Gender and Public Space in a Mask "Tradition" from Java's Northwest Coast; 2 Islamic Revivalism and Religious Piety in Indonesian Cinema; 3 Embodying the Divine and the Body Politic: Mak Yong Performance in Rural Kelantan, Malaysia; 4 "Islamic" TV Dramas, Malay Youth, and Pious Visions for Malaysia

5 Complicating Senses of Masculinity, Femininity, and Islam through the Performing Arts in Malang, East Java6 Social Drama, Dangdut, and Popular Culture; Afterword: Commentary; References; Notes on Contributors; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781349457595

1349457590

9781137318398

1137318392

OCLC:

835227396