singers and actors in Egypt's Islamic revival
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Nieuwkerk, Karin van
- Publish Year
- 2013
- Shelfmark
- NO 1L 2013 - B
- Thesaurus
- creatieve beroepen, islam, populaire cultuur, Egypte, 1980-1989, 1990-1999, 20e eeuw
- Description
- Description of the Islamization of Egyptian celebrities and their fans and the emergence of an Islamic aesthetics. The author describes the narratives of celebrities who retired in the 1980s and early 1990s, including their spiritual journeys and their influence on the 'pietization' of their fans. She explores the emergence of a public sphere in which secularists and Islamists debated Islam, art and gender in the 1990s. She analyzes the Islamist project of 'art with a mission' and the development of Islamic aesthetics, questioning whether the outcome has been to Islamize popular art or rather to popularize Islam.