Kenneth M. George

Picturing Islam (eBook, ePUB)

Art and Ethics in a Muslim Lifeworld

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Picturing Islam: Art and Ethics in a Muslim Lifeworld explores issues of religion, nationalism, ethnicity, and globalization through the life and work of the prominent contemporary Indonesian artist Abdul Djalil Pirous.

• Presents a unique addition to the anthropology of art and religion
• Demonstrates the impact of Islam, ethnicity, nationalism, and globalization on the work and life of an internationally recognized postcolonial artist
• Weaves together visual and narrative materials to tell an engrossing story of a cosmopolitan Muslim artist
• Looks at contemporary Islamic art and the way it has been produced in the world's largest Muslim nation, Indonesia

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. September 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781444359794
• Artikelnr.: 38306927

Autorenporträt

Kenneth M. George is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and an associate of its Center for Southeast Asian Studies. His ethnographic work on contemporary Indonesian art has been supported by many fellowships including awards from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation. George's first book, Showing Signs of Violence, was awarded the 1998 Harry J. Benda Prize in Southeast Asian Studies by the Association for Asian Studies. He also served as the Editor of the Journal of Asian Studies from 2005 through 2008.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations viii
Preface xi
Acknowledgments xiii
Note on Qur'anic Verse xvii
Guide to Indonesian Spelling and Pronunciation xviii
Introduction: Picturing Islam 1
1 Becoming a Muslim Citizen and Artist 15
2 Revelations and Compulsions 39
3 Diptych - Making Art Islamic and Making Islamic Art Indonesian 54
Part 1: Making Art Islamic 54
Part 2: Making Islamic Art Indonesian 66
4 Spiritual Notes in the Social World 80
5 Anguish, Betrayal, Uncertainty, and Faith 107
Conclusion: A Retrospective 132
Afterword: Choosing a Frame 143
References 148
Index 155

Rezensionen

"This refreshing approach makes this book a welcome contribution tobe read in conjunction with other relevant theoretical anddisciplinary works." (Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, 1February 2012)

"This book provides a compelling and richly drawn portrait of anindividual artist, and contributes to a deeper understating of thecultural politics of Asia's postcolonial art world and the creativeand ethnic sensibilities of its Muslim artists. It is a must-readfor contemporary art historians and anthropologists alike."(Journal of Folklore Research, 19 January 2011)

"Written in straightforward language with extraordinarysensitivity, this book is addressed to undergraduate students ofanthropology, religion, and art history." (Museum AnthropologyReview, 2011)

"Scholarship on Islam in Indonesia has long lacked a goodstudy of contemporary Islamic art. Beautifully written andtheoretically nuanced, Kenneth George's PicturingIslam is just such book, setting a new standard for the studyof Islam and the arts in Indonesia."
--Robert W. Hefner, Boston University

"This book is the future of ethnographic writing about artand a must-read for contemporary art historians and anthropologistsalike. No portrait of an artist better reveals the creativeprocesses of an artist so deeply in tune with his spirit and how aspiritual quest becomes an artistic journey."
--Nora A. Taylor, School of the Art Institute ofChicago