Women, the Recited Qur'an, and Islamic Music in Indonesia

by Rasmussen, Anne K.

• ISBN13: 9780520255494
• ISBN10: 0520255496
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-08-23
• Publisher: Univ of California Pr

Summary

Women, the Recited Qur'an, and Islamic Music in Contemporary Indonesiatakes readers to the heart of religious musical praxis in Indonesia, home to the largest Muslim population in the world. Anne K. Rasmussen explores a rich public soundscape, where women recite the divine texts of the Qur'an, and where an extraordinary diversity of Arab-influenced Islamic musical styles and genres, also performed by women, flourishes. Based on unique and revealing ethnographic research beginning at the end of Suharto's "New Order" and continuing into the era of "Reformation," the book considers the powerful role of music in the expression of religious nationalism. In particular, it focuses on musical style, women's roles, and the ideological and aesthetic issues raised by the Indonesian style of recitation. More broadly, it challenges Western assumptions about women in Muslim societies, Muslim identity in the contemporary world, and the importance of music to Islamic practice.

Author Biography

Anne K. Rasmussen is Associate Professor of Music at the College of William and Mary.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	p. ix
Note on Transliteration and Translation	p. xi
Preface and Acknowledgments	p. xiii
Setting the Scene	p. 1
Hearing Islam in the Atmosphere	p. 38
Learning Recitation: The Institutionalization of the Recited Qur'an	p. 74
Celebrating Religion and Nation: The Festivalization of the Qur'an	p. 125
Performing Piety through Islamic Musical Arts	p. 166
Rethinking Women, Music, and Islam	p. 211
Notes	p. 245
Glossary	p. 273
Bibliography	p. 279
Index	p. 297
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