Contemporary British Muslim Arts and Cultural Production - Identity, Belonging and Social Change

This unique collaboration between scholars, practitioners and Muslim artists profiles emerging forms of contemporary British Muslim art, prompting a debate about its inclusion in UK society. It features analysis of Muslim art as a category, as well as accounts of creatives who are often at the margins of the British arts industry.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction (Sadek Hamid and Stephen H. Jones); Part I: The Cultural Politics of British Muslim Artistic Production; 1. A British Muslim Arts Movement: Public Politics or Religious Devotion? (Carl Morris); 2. Decentring the Colonial Gaze: The Framing of Islamic Art (Shaheen Kasmani); Part II: Art in Contemporary British Muslim Culture; 3. The Nature of Islamic Art: Locating a Tradition of Fitrah in the Art and Culture of Islam, with Particular Reference to Calligraphy (Razwan ul-Haq); 4. What is Post-tariqa Sufism? (Ayesha Khan); 5. God and Grime: The Religious Literacy of British Hip Hop (Abdul-Azim Ahmed); Part III: The Inclusion of British Muslim Art; 6. The Playground for Dangerous Ideas: Muslims and British Theatre (Hassan Mahamdallie); 7. Arts, Heritage and Islamic Manuscripts (Neelam Hussain); 8. Flawed and Toxic? Challenges in Contemporary Islamic Art in the UK (Sara Choudhrey); Conclusion: The Future of British Muslim Arts (Sadek Hamid and Stephen H. Jones)

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Sadek Hamid is a Research Fellow at the University of Wales Trinity St David.
Stephen H. Jones is a Lecturer in the Department of Theology and Religion, University of Birmingham.

Zusammenfassung

This unique collaboration between scholars, practitioners and Muslim artists profiles emerging forms of contemporary British Muslim art, prompting a debate about its inclusion in UK society. It features analysis of Muslim art as a category, as well as accounts of creatives who are often at the margins of the British arts industry.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Sadek Jones Hamid
• Mitarbeit: Sadek Hamid (Herausgeber), Hamid Sadek (Herausgeber), Stephen H. Jones (Herausgeber), Jones Stephen H. (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 29.11.2024
• EAN: 9781032362038
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3236203-8
• Seiten: 132
• Serie: Islam in the World
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Religion/Theologie > Weitere Religionen; Islam, RELIGION / General, Theory of art, ART / Subjects & Themes / General, RELIGION / Islam / General, ART / European, Religion: general, Social, group or collective psychology, Regional Studies, Regional / International studies, British Isles, Museology & heritage studies, Museology and heritage studies