UID:
almahu_9948190384102882
Umfang:
1 online resource (xi, 174 pages) :
,
illustrations; PDF, digital file(s).
Ausgabe:
1st ed.
ISBN:
0-520-97076-4
Inhalt:
"Sounding Islam investigates the sonic dimensions of religion, combining perspectives from the anthropology of media, the anthropology of semiotic mediation, and sound studies. Based on long-term ethnographic research on devotional Islam in Mauritius, Patrick Eisenlohr explores how the voice, as a site of divine manifestation, becomes refracted in media practices that have become integral parts of religion. At the core of Eisenlohr's concern is the interplay of voice, media, affect, and listeners' experience, especially within the context of Mauritian Islamic practices. The work is a contribution to the anthropological study of sound, media, and religious experience and a rich study of Mauritius, diasporic South Asian communities, and global Islam."--Provided by publisher.
Anmerkung:
Sounding Islam -- Devotional Islam and sound reproduction -- Aspirations in transnational religious networks -- The materiality of media and the vanishing medium -- The work of transduction: Voice as atmosphere -- Sound as affect? Encorporation and movement in vocal performance.
,
Also available in print form.
,
In English.
Weitere Ausg.:
Print version: ISBN 9780520298712
Sprache:
Englisch
Schlagwort(e):
Electronic books.
;
Electronic books.
;
Electronic books.
;
Electronic books.
;
Electronic books.
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1525/luminos.53
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1525/9780520970762
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1515/9780520970762?locatt=mode:legacy
URL:
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780520970762
URL:
Click here to view book