
Performing Piety : Singers and Actors in Egypt's Islamic Revival.
Title:
Performing Piety : Singers and Actors in Egypt's Islamic Revival.
Author:
van Nieuwkerk, Karin.
ISBN:
9780292745872
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (333 pages)
Contents:
Front Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part One. The 1980s: Celebrating Piety -- 1. Dreams, Spirituality, and the Piety Movement -- 2. Repentance, Daʻwah, and Religious Education -- 3. Veiling and Charity -- Part Two. The 1990s: Debating Religion, Gender, and the Performing Arts in the Public Sphere -- 4. The Islamist (Counter)public -- 5. The Secular Cultural Field -- 6. Changing Discourses on Art and Gender -- Part Three. The New Millennium: Performing Piety -- 7. Art with a Mission and Post-Islamism -- 8. Halal Weddings and Religious Markets -- 9. Ramadan Soaps and Islamic Aesthetics -- Afterword -- Notes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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