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

by Anne Rasmussen

Book Overview

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

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520255496
• ISBN13: 9780520255494
• Release Date: August 2010
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 8.8"