Islam and Popular Culture in Indonesia and Malaysia
Home to approximately one-fifth of the world's Muslim population, Indonesia and Malaysia are often overlooked or misrepresented in media discourses about Islam. Islam is a religion but there is also a popular culture, or popular cultures of Islam that are mass mediated, commercialized, pleasure-filled, humorous, and representative of large segments of society. During the last forty years, popular forms of Islam, targeted largely towards urbanized youth, have played a key role in the Islamisation of Indonesia and Malaysia. This book focuses on these forms and the accompanying practices of production, circulation, marketing, and consumption of…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-136-81229-3
- EAN: 9781136812293
- Produktnummer: 13851413
- Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
- Seitenangabe: 280 S.
- Plattform: PDF
- Masse: 1'539 KB
- Abbildungen: 15 schwarz-weiße Abbildungen, 14 schwarz-weiße Fotos, 1 schwarz-weiße Tabellen
Über den Autor
Andrew N. Weintraub is Professor of Music at the University of Pittsburgh, USA. He is the author of Dangdut Stories: A Social and Musical History of Indonesia's Most Popular Music; Power Plays: Wayang Golek Puppet Theater of West Java and co-editor of Music and Cultural Rights.
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