Rebel music : race, empire, and the new Muslim youth culture /
"In this timely, revelatory study, Hisham Aidi examines the secular and religious movements that have recently emerged among Muslim youth in the West as a means of protest against the policies of the "War on Terror." He interviews artists and activists, and reports from music festival...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Pantheon Books,
[2014]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: | "In this timely, revelatory study, Hisham Aidi examines the secular and religious movements that have recently emerged among Muslim youth in the West as a means of protest against the policies of the "War on Terror." He interviews artists and activists, and reports from music festivals and concerts. He explains how certain kinds of music--particularly hip hop, but also Jazz, gnawa, Andalusian, Judeo-Arabic, Latin and others--have come to represent a heightened racial identity and a Muslim consciousness that criss-crosses the globe. He describes how western governments--particularly the U.S. and England--use music in an attempt to deradicalize Muslim youth abroad. And he explores the increasing radicalization among Muslim youth in an historical context: looking back to the Civil Rights movement and to the words of Malcolm X which have inspired many American Muslims. In all, Aidi has written a riveting, eye-opening portrait of a growing, potentially radical segment of the global youth culture"-- |
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| Physical Description: | xxx, 398 pages ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references, discography (pages 341-343), filmography (page 343), and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780375424908 (hbk.) 0375424903 (hbk.) |