Rock, Resistance, and the Struggle for the Soul of Islam
E-Book, Englisch, 228 Seiten
ISBN: 978-0-520-38940-3
Verlag: University of California Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)
An eighteen-year-old Moroccan who loves Black Sabbath. A twenty-two-year-old rapper from the Gaza Strip. A young Lebanese singer who quotes Bob Marley’s “Redemption Song.” Heavy metal, punk, hip-hop, and reggae are each the music of protest, and are considered immoral by many in the Muslim world. As the young people and subcultures featured in Mark LeVine’s
Heavy Metal Islam so presciently predicted, this music turned out to be the soundtrack of countercultures, uprisings, and even revolutions from Morocco to Pakistan.
In
Heavy Metal Islam, originally published in 2008, Mark LeVine explores the influence of Western music on the Middle East and North Africa through interviews with musicians and fans, introducing us to young people struggling to reconcile their religion with a passion for music and a thirst for change. The result is a revealing tour de force of contemporary cultures across the Muslim majority world through the region’s evolving music scenes that only a musician, scholar, and activist with LeVine’s unique breadth of experience could narrate. A
New York Times Editor’s Pick when it was first published,
Heavy Metal Islam is a surprising, wildly entertaining foray into a historically authoritarian region where music reveals itself to be a true democratizing force—and a groundbreaking work of scholarship that pioneered new forms of research in the region.
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Contents
Preface to the 2022 Edition
Introduction: Rock and Resistance in the Muslim World
1 • Morocco: When the Music Is Banned, the Real Satanism Will Begin
2 • Egypt: Bloggers, Brothers, and the General’s Son
3 • Israel/Palestine: Hard Music in an Orphaned Land
4 • Lebanon: Music and the Power of Blood
5 • Iran: “Like a Flower Growing in the Middle of the Desert”
6 • Pakistan: Shotguns and Munaqqababes along the Arabian Sea
Epilogue: Which Way to the Future?
Acknowledgments
Bibliography
Index