ISBN:
9780307279972
,
9780375424908
Language:
English
Pages:
xxx, 398 Seiten
Edition:
First Vintage Books edition
Series Statement:
Islamic studies
Series Statement:
music
DDC:
305.235/088297
Keywords:
Muslim youth Social conditions
;
Music and youth
;
Protest movements
;
Islam
;
Jugend
;
Subkultur
;
Musik
Abstract:
"In this timely, revelatory study, Hisham Aidi examines the secular and religious movements that have recently emerged among Muslim youth in the West as a means of protest against the policies of the "War on Terror." He interviews artists and activists, and reports from music festivals and concerts. He explains how certain kinds of music--particularly hip hop, but also Jazz, gnawa, Andalusian, Judeo-Arabic, Latin and others--have come to represent a heightened racial identity and a Muslim consciousness that criss-crosses the globe. He describes how western governments--particularly the U.S. and England--use music in an attempt to deradicalize Muslim youth abroad. And he explores the increasing radicalization among Muslim youth in an historical context: looking back to the Civil Rights movement and to the words of Malcolm X which have inspired many American Muslims. In all, Aidi has written a riveting, eye-opening portrait of a growing, potentially radical segment of the global youth culture"--
Note:
Discographie und Videographie: Seiten 341-343
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