Picturing Islam
art and ethics in a muslim lifeworld
- ISBN: 9781405129572
- Editorial: John Wiley & Sons Limited
- Fecha de la edición: 2010
- Lugar de la edición: Oxford. Reino Unido
- Encuadernación: Rústica
- Medidas: 25 cm
- Nº Pág.: 164
- Idiomas: Inglés
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.