Chapter 5. Pious Entertainment: Hizbullah’s Islamic Cultural Sphere

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Introduction. Artistic Developments in the Muslim Cultural Sphere: Ethics, Aesthetics, and the Performing Arts 1
5. Part One. The Power of Performance
6. Chapter 1. Hardcore Muslims: Islamic Themes in Turkish Rap between Diaspora and Homeland 27
7. Chapter 2. Contesting Islamic Concepts of Morality: Heavy Metal in Istanbul 55
8. Chapter 3. Iranian Popular Music in Los Angeles: A Transnational Public beyond the Islamic State 85
9. Part Two. Motivations
10. Chapter 4. Ritual as Strategic Action: The Social Logic of Musical Silence in Canadian Islam 115
11. Chapter 5. Pious Entertainment: Hizbullah’s Islamic Cultural Sphere 149
12. Chapter 6. Of Morals, Missions, and the Market: New Religiosity and “Art with a Mission” in Egypt 177
13. Part Three. Staging the Body and the World Stage
14. Chapter 7. Islamic Modernity and the Re-enchanting Power of Symbols in Islamic Fantasy Serials in Turkey 207
15. Chapter 8. From “Evil-Inciting” Dance to Chaste “Rhythmic Movements”: A Genealogy of Modern Islamic Dance-Theatre in Iran 231
16. Chapter 9. Suficized Musics of Syria at the Intersection of Heritage and the War on Terror; Or “A Rumi with a View” 257
17. Afterword 275
18. Notes on Contributors 281
19. Index 283