{"product_id":"music-and-musicians-in-the-medieval-islamicate-world-9780755641819","title":"Music and Musicians in the Medieval Islamicate","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLisa Nielson\u003c\/b\u003e is an Anisfield-Wolf Fellow and Lecturer in the Department of Music at Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, USA. . She received her PhD from the University of Maine at Orono, USA and holds a bachelor's and master's degree in music performance and pedagogy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A rich exploration of the social and religious contexts of music-making in the medieval Islamic world.  Nielson weaves together issues of gender, ethnicity, social class, and religion to provide a readable and accessible survey of the complex interaction of these forces and how they affected musical culture. A recommended read for scholars and students of the medieval Middle East.\" -- Dwight F. Reynolds, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA\u003cbr\u003eThis fascinating book offers a remarkable new insight in the role of music and musicians at the courts of the caliphs in the medieval Islamic world.  It sketches a social history of the \u003ci\u003eqiyan\u003c\/i\u003e, the singing slave girls, and their male counterparts, the \u003ci\u003emukhannathun\u003c\/i\u003e, or  ‘effeminate’ musicians, focusing on their socio-cultural position: their ethnical background, sexual relationships, patronage, skills, and career development. -- Anne, van Oostrum, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSection I: Musical Culture in the Early Islamic Courts    Chapter 1: Music and Musicians Chapter 2: Musicianship and Performance Chapter 3: Patronage   Section II: Representations of Musicianship and Identity   Chapter 4: Literary Performance of Music and Reading Musical Identity Chapter 5: Slavery and Gender Chapter 6: \u003ci\u003eEthnos\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003egens\u003c\/i\u003e   Section III: Diversions of Pleasure    Chapter 7: Discomfort and Censure Chapter 8: \u003ci\u003eSama\u003c\/i\u003e? and Practice  Chapter 9: The Politics of Listening","brand":"Bloomsbury USA 3pl","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51037720609111,"sku":"9780755641819","price":34.88,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780755641819.jpg?v=1750936991","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/music-and-musicians-in-the-medieval-islamicate-world-9780755641819","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}