Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-295) and index.

Setting the scene -- Hearing Islam in the atmosphere -- Learning rec itation : the institutionalization of the recited Qur'an -- Celebrating religion and nation : the festivalization of the Qur'an -- Performing piety through Islamic musical arts -- Rethinking women, music, and Isla m.

Women the 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 Qu r'an and where an extraordianry diversity of Arab-influenced Islamic mu sical styles and genres, also performed by women, flourishes. Based on ethnographic research beginning at the end of Suharto's "New Order" and continuing into the era of "Reformation," the book considers the power ful role of music in the expression of reliogious nationalism.

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