Islamic Modernities in Southeast Asia : Exploring Indonesian Popular and Visual Culture Hardback
by Leonie Schmidt
Part of the Asian Cultural Studies: Transnational and Dialogic Approaches series
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What does it mean to be a modern Muslim today? In contemporary discourse Islam and modernity are often presented as each other’s opposites in media and popular culture.
Southeast Asia has a large Muslim population, especially in Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore, but Islamic culture in these states is conspicuously absent from the wider global discourse on Islam.
With a focus on popular culture in Indonesia – a country that houses the world’s largest Muslim population and that is also undergoing modernisation –Islamic Modernities in Southeast Asia will demonstrate how Islamic modernities are being negotiated and constructed through popular and visual culture from a trans-regional perspective.
Looking at a variety of Islamic-themed popular and visual culture including rock music, cinema, art, visual decorations in shopping malls, self-help books, and fashion blogs, the book explores how Islamic modernities are imagined, negotiated, contested, and shared in Southeast Asia.
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:218 pages
- Publisher:Rowman & Littlefield International
- Publication Date:25/05/2017
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- ISBN:9781783486991
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:218 pages
- Publisher:Rowman & Littlefield International
- Publication Date:25/05/2017
- Category:
- ISBN:9781783486991
