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Demonstrates how new Islamic modernities are being negotiated and constructed through popular and visual culture in Indonesia.

List of contents

Acknowledgements / 1. Introduction: Islamic-themed Popular and Visual Culture and Images of Modernities / 2. Urban Islamic Spectacles: Transforming the Space of the Shopping Mall during Ramadan / 3. Islamic Rock Music and Imaginations of Modernities / 4. Islamic Self-help Books and Governmentality / 5. Muslim Masculinity and Feminity in Islamic-themed Films / 6. Liking, Wearing, and Sharing Islamic Modernities: Indonesian and Malaysian Muslim Fashion Bloggers / 7. Unearthing the Past and Re-imagining the Present - Contemporary Art and Muslim Politics in a Post-9/11 World / 8. Conclusion: Islamic Modernities and the Politics of Plurality / Bibliography / Index

About the author

Leonie Schmidt is a researcher at the Amsterdam School for Cultural Analysis and a lecturer in the Media Studies department of the University of Amsterdam. She has published journal articles in Inter-Asia Cultural Studies and Amsterdam Social Science.

Summary

Demonstrates how new Islamic modernities are being negotiated and constructed through popular and visual culture in Indonesia.

Product details

• Authors: Leonie Schmidt, Schmidt Leonie
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2017
• EAN: 9781783486991
• ISBN: 978-1-78348-699-1
• Series: Asian Cultural Studies: Transn; Asian Cultural Studies: Transnational and Dialogic Approaches; Asian Cultural Studies: Transn; Asian Cultural Studies: Transnational and Dialogic Approaches
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Islamic Studies, Islamic Studies, Indonesia, Human Geography, Relating to Islamic / Muslim people and groups, Social groups: religious groups and communities