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Machine Generated Contents Note: 1. Introduction: The Study Of Islam And Popular Culture In Indonesia And Malaysia -- 2. Negotiating Mass Media Interests And Heterogeneous Muslim Audiences In The Contemporary Social-political Environment Of Indonesia / Andrew N. Weintraub -- 3. Multiple Islams, Multiple Modernities: Art Cinema In Between Nationhood And Everyday Islam In Bangladesh And Malaysia / Ishadi S.k. -- 4. Upgraded Piety And Pleasure: The New Middle Class And Islam In Indonesian Popular Culture / Zakir Hossain Raju -- 5. Music, Islam, And The Commercial Media In Contemporary Indonesia / Ariel Heryanto -- 6. Internet, Cyber-religion, And Authority: The Case Of The Indonesian Liberal Islam Network / R. Anderson Sutton -- 7. Sex Sells, Or Does It? Discourses Of Sex And Sexuality In Popular Women's Magazines In Contemporary Indonesia / Muhamad Ali -- 8. (un)framing Muslim Sexuality In Dina Zaman's I Am Muslim / Sarah E. Krier -- 9. Sexing Islam: Religion And Contemporary Malaysian Cinema / Washima Che Dan -- 10. Musical Modernity, Islamic Identity, And Arab Aesthetics In Arab-indonesian Orkes Gambus / Noritah Omar -- 11. Music As A Medium For Communication, Unity, Education, And Dakwah / Birgit Berg -- 12. Taking Liberties: Independent Filmmakers Representing The Tudung In Malaysia / Rhoma Irama -- 13. Holy Matrimony? The Print Politics Of Polygamy Indonesia / Gaik Cheng Khoo -- 14. Pop, Politics And Piety: Nasyid Boy Band Music In Muslim Southeast Asia / Suzanne Brenner. Edited By Andrew N. Weintraub. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.
This volume investigates the complex, often contradictory relationship between Islamic identity and the consumption of popular culture in Indonesia and Malaysia. Editor Andrew N. Weintraub compiles a series of scholarly essays that examine how mass media, music, film, and digital platforms serve as sites for negotiating religious authority, modernity, and social morality. By analyzing diverse case studies, the contributors argue that popular culture does not merely reflect existing religious norms but actively shapes the evolving public discourse on what it means to be a modern Muslim in Southeast Asia.
What You Will Find
Scholars in the field of Southeast Asian studies frequently cite this collection as a foundational text for understanding the intersection of faith and contemporary media. Readers often note the academic density of the prose, which provides a rigorous examination of the socio-political nuances within these two nations.
Page Count:
280
Publication Date:
2011-01-01
Publisher:
Routledge
ISBN-10:
0415565189
ISBN-13:
9780203829004