Theatre And Islam

Author : Marvin Carlson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 82 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2019-03-16
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781350316256

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Theatre and Islam by Marvin Carlson Pdf

This insightful and engaging new title in the Theatre & series explores the various connections between theatre and Islam. Drawing on both historical and recent examples to trace their relationship and offer a new perspective on a topical subject, this persuasive text argues against a long-standing assumption that Islam has worked in opposition to theatrical presentation. From the 13th century puppet plays of Ibn Daniyal to Islamic themes in 21st century productions, Theatre and Islam is chronologically wide-ranging and ambitious in its scope. Ambitious yet concise, this is the perfect introduction for undergraduate and postgraduate students of religious studies, Islamic studies, Middle Eastern studies and drama.

Author : Marvin Carlson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2019-03-16
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781352005615

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Theatre and Islam by Marvin Carlson Pdf

This insightful and engaging new title in the Theatre & series explores the various connections between theatre and Islam. Drawing on both historical and recent examples to trace their relationship and offer a new perspective on a topical subject, this persuasive text argues against a long-standing assumption that Islam has worked in opposition to theatrical presentation. From the 13th century puppet plays of Ibn Daniyal to Islamic themes in 21st century productions, Theatre and Islam is chronologically wide-ranging and ambitious in its scope. Ambitious yet concise, this is the perfect introduction for undergraduate and postgraduate students of religious studies, Islamic studies, Middle Eastern studies and drama.

Author : Ashis Sengupta
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2017-01-12
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781474250733

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Islam in Performance by Ashis Sengupta Pdf

Islam in Performance brings together six contemporary plays from Bangladesh, India, and Pakistan that highlight the political performance of Islam in South Asia, especially since the 1947 partition of the subcontinent. The plays invite comparison with one another, engaging with the issue from perspectives of the three countries concerned: Hindutva politics in India othering the Muslim population for electoral gains, radical Islamization of Pakistan paralyzing political governance and encouraging jihadi violence, and the ever-increasing Islamist threat to Bangladesh's founding secular ethos. Finally, this anthology focuses on the suffering such exclusionary politics of religious nationalism has piled upon minorities across the region. Widely performed but largely unpublished, the plays with their geographic and stylistic range provide a good spectrum of some of the best writing in contemporary South Asian drama. The editor's scholarly introduction offers a framework for studying the plays as both texts and performance pieces.

Author : Karin van Nieuwkerk
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2011-12-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780292726819

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Muslim Rap, Halal Soaps, and Revolutionary Theater by Karin van Nieuwkerk Pdf

From “green” pop and “clean” cinema to halal songs, Islamic soaps, Muslim rap, Islamist fantasy serials, and Suficized music, the performing arts have become popular and potent avenues for Islamic piety movements, politically engaged Islamists, Islamic states, and moderate believers to propagate their religio-ethical beliefs. Muslim Rap, Halal Soaps, and Revolutionary Theater is the first book that explores this vital intersection between artistic production and Islamic discourse in the Muslim world. The contributors to this volume investigate the historical and structural conditions that impede or facilitate the emergence of a “post-Islamist” cultural sphere. They discuss the development of religious sensibilities among audiences, which increasingly include the well-to-do and the educated young, as well as the emergence of a local and global religious market. At the heart of these essays is an examination of the intersection between cultural politics, performing art, and religion, addressing such questions as where, how, and why pop culture and performing arts have been turned into a religious mission, and whether it is possible to develop a new Islamic aesthetic that is balanced with religious sensibilities. As we read about young Muslims and their quest for a “cool Islam” in music, their struggle to quell their stigmatized status, or the collision of morals and the marketplace in the arts, a vivid, varied new perspective on Muslim culture emerges.

Author : Jamshīd Malikʹpūr
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : History
ISBN : 0714655651

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The Islamic Drama by Jamshīd Malikʹpūr Pdf

This work examines the evolution of the Ta'ziyeh, which involved elements drawn from Zoroastrianaism, Mithraism, mythology, folklore and traditional forms of Iranian entertainment.

Author : Marvin Carlson
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2014-10-23
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780191648618

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Theatre: A Very Short Introduction by Marvin Carlson Pdf

From before history was recorded to the present day, theatre has been a major artistic form around the world. From puppetry to mimes and street theatre, this complex art has utilized all other art forms such as dance, literature, music, painting, sculpture, and architecture. Every aspect of human activity and human culture can be, and has been, incorporated into the creation of theatre. In this Very Short Introduction Marvin Carlson takes us through Ancient Greece and Rome, to Medieval Japan and Europe, to America and beyond, and looks at how the various forms of theatre have been interpreted and enjoyed. Exploring the role that theatre artists play — from the actor and director to the designer and puppet-master, as well as the audience — this is an engaging exploration of what theatre has meant, and still means, to people of all ages at all times. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.

Author : Ayad Akhtar
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2021-01-14
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9781350146501

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Disgraced by Ayad Akhtar Pdf

“A continuously engaging, vitally engaged play about thorny questions of identity and religion in the contemporary world, with an accent on the incendiary topic of how radical Islam and the terrorism it inspires have affected the public discourse.” New York Times New York. Today. Corporate lawyer Amir Kapoor is happy, in love, and about to land the biggest career promotion of his life. But beneath the veneer, success has come at a price. When Amir and his artist wife, Emily, host an intimate dinner party at their Upper East Side apartment, what starts out as a friendly conversation soon escalates into something far more damaging. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, 2013, Disgraced premiered in Chicago before transferring to New York's Lincoln Center in 2012. This new Modern Classics edition features an introduction by J.T. Rogers.

Author : Evan Darwin Winet
Publisher : Springer
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2010-03-10
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780230246676

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Indonesian Postcolonial Theatre by Evan Darwin Winet Pdf

Indonesian Postcolonial Theatre explores modern theatrical practices in Indonesia from a performance of Hamlet in the warehouses of Dutch Batavia to Ratna Sarumpaet's feminist Muslim Antigones. The book reveals patterns linking the colonial to the postcolonial eras that often conflict with the historical narratives of Indonesian nationalism.

Author : Hammaad Chaudry
Publisher : Samuel French, Incorporated
Page : 106 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2021-08-20
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0573709416

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An Ordinary Muslim by Hammaad Chaudry Pdf

Balancing the high expectations of the previous generation, the doctrines of their Muslim community, and the demands of secular Western culture, Azeem Bhatti and his wife Saima struggle to straddle the gap between their Pakistani heritage and their British upbringing. With deep compassion, Hammaad Chaudry brings to life a recognizable and unforgettable family, and with sharp intellect, asks potent questions about the challenges of integration and assimilation for immigrants in today's global world. As witnesses, we are all forced to confront pressing questions about the nature of belonging and our own internal prejudices about that which is "other."

Author : Gunnar Jarring
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Chinese drama
ISBN : 9122014446

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Culture Clash in Central Asia by Gunnar Jarring Pdf

Author : Li Guo
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2011-12-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004218802

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The Performing Arts in Medieval Islam by Li Guo Pdf

This is a study of the life and work of Ibn Dāniyāl (d. 1310), a Cairo-based eye doctor, poet, playwright, court jester, and arguably one of the most controversial cultural figures of his time. Drawing on medieval Arabic sources, many still in manuscript and some used for the first time, the author further contextualizes Ibn Dāniyāl’s work with respect to poetry production and popular culture in the Islamic Near East in the post-Mongol period. The book also presents the first full English translation of “The Phantom,” one of Ibn Dāniyāl’s three shadow plays, the only surviving pre-Ottoman Arabic theatrical texts.

Author : Li Guo
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2020-08-17
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9789004436152

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Arabic Shadow Theatre 1300-1900 by Li Guo Pdf

This handbook aims at a history of Arabic shadow theatre from the earliest sightings in the tenth century to the turn of the twentieth century. At the core is an analytical documentation of all the known textual remnants and the preserved artifacts of this rich and still living tradition.

Author : Karin van Nieuwkerk
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2011-12-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780292742598

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Muslim Rap, Halal Soaps, and Revolutionary Theater by Karin van Nieuwkerk Pdf

From "green" pop and "clean" cinema to halal songs, Islamic soaps, Muslim rap, Islamist fantasy serials, and Suficized music, the performing arts have become popular and potent avenues for Islamic piety movements, politically engaged Islamists, Islamic states, and moderate believers to propagate their religio-ethical beliefs. Muslim Rap, Halal Soaps, and Revolutionary Theater is the first book that explores this vital intersection between artistic production and Islamic discourse in the Muslim world. The contributors to this volume investigate the historical and structural conditions that impede or facilitate the emergence of a "post-Islamist" cultural sphere. They discuss the development of religious sensibilities among audiences, which increasingly include the well-to-do and the educated young, as well as the emergence of a local and global religious market. At the heart of these essays is an examination of the intersection between cultural politics, performing art, and religion, addressing such questions as where, how, and why pop culture and performing arts have been turned into a religious mission, and whether it is possible to develop a new Islamic aesthetic that is balanced with religious sensibilities. As we read about young Muslims and their quest for a "cool Islam" in music, their struggle to quell their stigmatized status, or the collision of morals and the marketplace in the arts, a vivid, varied new perspective on Muslim culture emerges.

Author : Khalid Amine,Marvin Carlson
Publisher : Springer
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2011-11-01
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780230358515

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The Theatres of Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia by Khalid Amine,Marvin Carlson Pdf

Modern international studies of world theatre and drama have begun to acknowledge the Arab world only after the contributions of Asia, Africa and Latin America. Within the Arab world, the contributions of Algeria, Tunisia, and Morocco to modern drama and to post-colonial expression remain especially neglected, a problem that this book addresses.

Author : C. C. Barfoot,Cobi Bordewijk
Publisher : Rodopi
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9051835752

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Theatre Intercontinental by C. C. Barfoot,Cobi Bordewijk Pdf