Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction 1
5. Part One. The 1980s
6. Celebrating Piety 13
7. Chapter one. Dreams, Spirituality, and the Piety Movement 22
8. Chapter two. Repentance, Daʿwah, and Religious Education 44
9. Chapter three. Veiling and Charity 67
10. Part Two. The 1990s
11. Debating Religion, Gender, and the Performing Arts in the Public Sphere 89
12. Chapter four. The Islamist (Counter)public 98
13. Chapter five. The Secular Cultural Field 121
14. Chapter six. Changing Discourses on Art and Gender 146
15. Part Three. The New Millennium
16. Performing Piety 175
17. Chapter seven. Art with a Mission and Post-Islamism 184
18. Chapter eight. Halal Weddings and Religious Markets 206
19. Chapter nine. Ramadan Soaps and Islamic Aesthetics 233
20. Afterword 259
21. Notes 275
22. Glossary 291
23. Bibliography 297
24. Index 311