Mainstreaming Islam in Indonesia: Television, Identity, and the Middle Class - Rilegato

Rakhmani, Inaya

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 1137557206 ISBN 13: 9781137557209

Casa editrice: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017

Riassunto

This cutting edge book considers the question of Islam and commercialisation in Indonesia, a majority Muslim, non-Arab country. Revealing the cultural heterogeneity behind rising Islamism in a democratizing society, it highlights the case of television production and the identity of its viewers. Drawing from detailed case studies from across islands in the diverse archipelagic country, it contends that commercial television has democratised the relationship between Islamic authority and the Muslim congregation, and investigates the responses of the heterogeneous middle class towards commercial da’wah. By taking the case of commercial television, the book argues that what is occurring in Indonesia is less related to Islamic ideologisation than it is a symbiosis between Muslim middle class anxieties and the workings of market forces. It examines the web of relationships that links Islamic expression, commercial television, and national imagination, arguing that the commercialisation of Islam through national television discloses unrequited expectations of equality between ethnic and religious groups as well as between regions.

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Informazioni sull'autore

Dr. Inaya Rakhmani is the Director of the Communication Research Centre, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Universitas Indonesia and an associate at the Asia Research Centre, Murdoch University, Australia. Dr. Rakhmani has a particular interest in the cultural political economy of knowledge, information, and entertainment as well as the role of media in processes of democratisation.

 

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This cutting edge book considers the question of Islam and commercialisation in Indonesia, a majority Muslim, non-Arab country. Revealing the cultural heterogeneity behind rising Islamism in a democratizing society, it highlights the case of television production and the identity of its viewers. Drawing from detailed case studies from across islands in the diverse archipelagic country, it contends that commercial television has democratised the relationship between Islamic authority and the Muslim congregation, and investigates the responses of the heterogeneous middle class towards commercial da’wah. By taking the case of commercial television, the book argues that what is occurring in Indonesia is less related to Islamic ideologisation than it is a symbiosis between Muslim middle class anxieties and the workings of market forces. It examines the web of relationships that links Islamic expression, commercial television, and national imagination, arguing that the commercialisation of Islam through national television discloses unrequited expectations of equality between ethnic and religious groups as well as between regions.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Palgrave Macmillan
• Data di pubblicazione: 2017
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1137557206
• ISBN 13: 9781137557209
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 228
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