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.

List of contents

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)

About the author

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.

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Sadek Jones Hamid
• Assisted by: Sadek Hamid (Editor), Hamid Sadek (Editor), Stephen H. Jones (Editor), Jones Stephen H. (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.11.2024
• EAN: 9781032362038
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3236203-8
• No. of pages: 132
• Series: Islam in the World
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; 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