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The sound of salvation : voice, gender, and the Sufi mediascape in China / Guangtian Ha.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ha, Guangtian, author.
- Series:
- Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University.
- Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sufism--China.
- Sufism.
- Muslims--China.
- Muslims.
- Mass media--Religious aspects--Islam.
- Mass media.
- Mass media in religion--China.
- Mass media in religion.
- Communication--Religious aspects--Islam.
- Communication.
- Islam--China.
- Islam.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (300 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Columbia University Press, [2022]
- Summary:
- The Jahriyya Sufis-a primarily Sinophone order in northwest China-inhabit a unique religious soundscape. The first ethnography of this order in any language, The Sound of Salvation draws on nearly a decade of fieldwork to reveal the intricacies and importance of Jahriyya vocal recitation.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Series Statement
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1. Archaeology of Sound
- 2. The Sacred Circle
- 3. Tempo of Time
- 4. His Master's Voice
- 5. Labor of Faith
- Epilogue: Ethnography and the Future of the Jahriyya Sound
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Series List.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Ha, Guangtian The Sound of Salvation
- ISBN:
- 0-231-55248-3
- OCLC:
- 1294146834
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