Description
Book SynopsisTracing the Islamization of Egyptian celebrities and their fans and the emergence of an Islamic aesthetics, this book offers a unique history of the religious revival in Egypt through the lens of the performing arts.
Trade Review…an invaluable contribution to the anthropology of performing piety, in general, and the study of Islamic revival and Muslim piety movement in Egypt, in particular. * Middle East Media and Book Reviews Online *
This ambitious study by Dutch anthropology professor Karin van Nieuwkerk is a vital contribution to the anthropology of Islam. * Journal of Islamic Studies *
Van Nieuwkerk provides a finely detailed contribution to the study of elite public cultures in the Middle Eastern and North African region. . . An inventive analysis of the circulation of taste in a fractured media environment. * American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences *
Table of Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part One. The 1980s: Celebrating Piety
- Chapter 1. Dreams, Spirituality, and the Piety Movement
- Chapter 2. Repentance, Da`wah, and Religious Education
- Chapter 3. Veiling and Charity
- Part Two. The 1990s: Debating Religion, Gender, and the Performing Arts in the Public Sphere
- Chapter 4. The Islamist (Counter)public
- Chapter 5. The Secular Cultural Field
- Chapter 6. Changing Discourses on Art and Gender
- Part Three. The New Millennium: Performing Piety
- Chapter 7. Art with a Mission and Post-Islamism
- Chapter 8. Halal Weddings and Religious Markets
- Chapter 9. Ramadan Soaps and Islamic Aesthetics
- Afterword
- Notes
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index
