The Awakening of Islamic Pop Music (Music and Performance in Muslim Contexts) - Hardcover

Otterbeck, Jonas

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1474490425 ISBN 13: 9781474490429

Verlag: Edinburgh University Press, 2021

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Awakening an Islamic media company formed in London has created the soundtrack to many Muslim lives during the last two decades. As the company celebrates their first 20 years in the industry, Jonas Otterbeck examines their remarkable rise to success and their established reputation as one of the most important global enterprises producing pop music inspired by Islam. Otterbeck thoroughly describes the history and development of new Islamic popular music genres, in particular pop-nashid and Islamic pop, for the first time. He argues that Awakening a company with the ambition to portray itself as Islamic is best understood in relation to the ethical turn in Islamic thinking. In this way, he explores how the Islamic pop industry is, in effect, altering the very formulations of Islamic thought.

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Jonas Otterbeck, Professor of Islamic Studies, Aga Khan University Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations, London.

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Examines how the making, marketing and performance of new Islamic music genres relate to Islamic discourse and thoughtAwakening – an Islamic media company formed in London – has created the soundtrack to many Muslim lives during the last two decades and has produced superstars like Sami Yusuf and Maher Zain, among a host of other artists. As the company celebrates its first 20 years in the industry, Jonas Otterbeck examines Awakening’s rise to global success and their pop music inspired by Islam.Providing the first thorough description of the history and development of new Islamic popular music genres, in particular pop-nashid and Islamic pop, this book argues that Awakening is best understood in relation to the ethical turn in Islamic thinking. In analysing the turn to ethics, the book explores how the Islamic pop industry is, in effect, altering the very formulations of Islamic thought. Closely examining the ethical masculinity of the Awakening artists, alongside their personas in songs, on stage and via social media, the book analyses how popular culture and the creative arts challenge and help change Islamic (re)thinking.Key Features• Uses Awakening as a case study to explore the relationship betweenIslamic popular music genres and wider Islamic discourse• Supported by fieldwork, content analyses of songs, videos, social media and interviews• Includes new perspectives on celebrity culture among Muslims and its connection with ethical Muslim masculinity• Offers an original analysis of the contribution of popular music to the development of contemporary interpretations of Islam

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Examines how the making, marketing and performance of new Islamic music genres relate to Islamic discourse and thought Awakening - an Islamic media company formed in London - has created the soundtrack to many Muslim lives during the last two decades and has produced three superstars (Sami Yusuf, Maher Zain and Harris J.), among a host of other artists. As the company celebrates their first 20 years in the industry, Jonas Otterbeck examines their remarkable rise to success and their established reputation as one of the most important global enterprises producing pop music inspired by Islam. Providing the first thorough description of the history and development of new Islamic popular music genres, in particular pop-nashid and Islamic pop, this book argues that Awakening - a company with the ambition to portray itself as Islamic - is best understood in relation to the ethical turn in Islamic thinking. In analysing the turn to ethics, the book explores how the Islamic pop industry is, in effect, altering the very formulations of Islamic thought. Closely examining the ethical masculinity of the Awakening artists, alongside their personas in songs, on stage and via social media, the book analyses how popular culture and the creative arts challenge Islamic (re)thinking. Key Features -Uses Awakening as a case study to explore the relationship between Islamic popular music genres and wider Islamic discourse -Supported by fieldwork (following tours), content analyses (of songs, videos, promotion material and social media) and interviews (with artists, business people and musicians) -Includes new perspectives on celebrity culture among Muslims and its connection with ethical Muslim masculinity -Offers an original analysis of the contribution of popular Music to the development of contemporary interpretations of Islam Jonas Otterbeck is Professor of Islamic Studies at the Aga Khan University Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations, London.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Edinburgh University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2021
• ISBN 10: 1474490425
• ISBN 13: 9781474490429
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Sprache: Englisch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 224