[ecrea] new book: Muslim Rap, Halal Soaps, and Revolutionary Theater

Muslim Rap, Halal Soaps, and Revolutionary Theater

Artistic Developments in the Muslim World

Edited by Karin van Nieuwkerk



From "green" pop and "clean" cinema to halal songs, Islamic soaps, 
Muslim rap, Islamist fantasy serials, and Suficized music, the 
performing arts have become popular and potent avenues for Islamic piety 
movements, politically engaged Islamists, Islamic states, and moderate 
believers to propagate their religio-ethical beliefs. Muslim Rap, Halal 
Soaps, and Revolutionary Theater is the first book that explores this 
vital intersection between artistic production and Islamic discourse in 
the Muslim world. The contributors to this volume investigate the 
historical and structural conditions that impede or facilitate the 
emergence of a "post-Islamist" cultural sphere. They discuss the 
development of religious sensibilities among audiences, which 
increasingly include the well-to-do and the educated young, as well as 
the emergence of a local and global religious market. At the heart of 
these essays is an examination of the intersection between cultural 
politics, performing art, and religion, addressing such questions as 
where, how, and why pop culture and performing arts have been turned 
into a religious mission, and whether it is possible to develop a new 
Islamic aesthetic that is balanced with religious sensibilities.



Karin van Nieuwkerk is an anthropologist and Associate Professor at the 
University of Nijmegen. Her books include Women Embracing Islam: Gender 
and Conversion in the West and "A Trade like Any Other": Female Singers 
and Dancers in Egypt.



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Table of Contents



Acknowledgments

Introduction. Artistic Developments in the Muslim Cultural Sphere: 
Ethics, Aesthetics, and the Performing Arts / Karin van Nieuwkerk



Part One: The Power of Performance Chapter 1. Hardcore Muslims: Islamic 
Themes in Turkish Rap between Diaspora and Homeland / Thomas Solomon; 
Chapter 2. Contesting Islamic Concepts of Morality: Heavy Metal in 
Istanbul / Pierre Hecker; Chapter 3. Iranian Popular Music in Los 
Angeles: A Transnational Public beyond the Islamic State / Farzaneh Hemmasi



Part Two: Motivations Chapter 4. Ritual as Strategic Action: The Social 
Logic of Musical Silence in Canadian Islam / Michael Frishkopf; Chapter 
5. Pious Entertainment: Hizbullah's Islamic Cultural Sphere / Joseph 
Alagha; Chapter 6. Of Morals, Missions, and the Market: New Religiosity 
and "Art with a Mission" in Egypt / Karin van Nieuwkerk



Part Three: Staging the Body and the World Stage Chapter 7. Islamic 
Modernity and the Re-enchanting Power of Symbols in Islamic Fantasy 
Serials in Turkey / Ahu Yigit; Chapter 8. From "Evil-Inciting" Dance to 
Chaste "Rhythmic Movements": A Genealogy of Modern Islamic Dance-Theatre 
in Iran / Zeinab Stellar; Chapter 9. Suficized Musics of Syria at the 
Intersection of Heritage and the War on Terror; Or "A Rumi with a View" 
/ Jonathan H. Shannon



Afterword / Martin Stokes

Notes on Contributors; Index



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