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Sounding Islam: Voice, Media, and Sonic Atmospheres in an Indian Ocean World

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Sounding Islam: Voice, Media, and Sonic Atmospheres in an Indian Ocean World - Eisenlohr, Patrick
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"Sounding Islam investigates the sonic dimensions of religion, combining perspectives from the anthropology of media, the anthropology of semiotic mediation, and sound studies. Based on long-term ethnographic research on devotional Islam in Mauritius, Patrick Eisenlohr explores how the voice, as a site of divine manifestation, becomes refracted in media practices that have become integral parts of religion. At the core of Eisenlohr's concern is the interplay of voice, media, affect, and listeners' experience, especially ...

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Sounding Islam: Voice, Media, and Sonic Atmospheres in an Indian Ocean World 2018, University of California Press

ISBN-13: 9780520298712

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