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Islam and Popular Culture in Indonesia and Malaysia (Paperback)
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Islam and Popular Culture in Indonesia and Malaysia (Paperback)
Series: Media, Culture and Social Change in Asia
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Home to approximately one-fifth of the world's Muslim population,
Indonesia and Malaysia are often overlooked or misrepresented in
media discourses about Islam. Islam is a religion but there is also
a popular culture, or popular cultures of Islam that are mass
mediated, commercialized, pleasure-filled, humorous, and
representative of large segments of society. During the last forty
years, popular forms of Islam, targeted largely towards urbanized
youth, have played a key role in the Islamisation of Indonesia and
Malaysia. This book focuses on these forms and the accompanying
practices of production, circulation, marketing, and consumption of
Islam. Dispelling the notion that Islam is monolithic,
militaristic, and primarily Middle Eastern, the book emphasizes its
dynamic, contested, and performative nature in contemporary South
East Asia. Written by leading scholars alongside media figures,
such as Rhoma Irama and Ishadi SK, the case studies although not
focused on theology per se, illuminate how Muslims (and
non-Muslims) in Indonesia and Malaysia make sense of their lives
within an increasingly pervasive culture of Islamic images, texts,
film, songs, and narratives.
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