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Author Eisenlohr, Patrick, 1967- author.

Title Sounding Islam : voice, media, and sonic atmospheres in an Indian Ocean world / Patrick Eisenlohr.

Publication Info. Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2018]

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Description 1 online resource
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents 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.
Summary "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.
Note Eisenlohr, Patrick 2018 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons CC-BY-NC-ND license http://creativecommons.org/licenses
Local Note JSTOR Books at JSTOR Open Access
Subject Voice.
Voice.
Sound -- Religious aspects -- Islam.
Sound -- Religious aspects -- Islam.
Islamic poetry.
Islamic poetry.
Islam -- Mauritius.
Islam.
Mauritius.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Subject Voice.
Other Form: Print version: Eisenlohr, Patrick, 1967- Sounding Islam. Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2018] 9780520298712 (DLC) 2018007231
ISBN 9780520970762 (electronic book)
0520970764 (electronic book)
9780520298712 (paperback ; alkaline paper)
0520298713
9780520298712