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Record Nr.

UNINA9910819227503321

Autore

Weiner Isaac

Titolo

Religion Out Loud : Religious Sound, Public Space, and American Pluralism / / Isaac Weiner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, NY : , : New York University Press, , [2013]

©2013

ISBN

0-8147-0806-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (266 p.)

Collana

North American Religions ; ; 14

Disciplina

203/.7

Soggetti

Sound - Religious aspects

Religion - Noise

United States Religion

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I: The Sounds of Power -- Part II: The Sounds of Dissent -- Part III: The Sounds of Difference -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index -- About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

For six months in 2004, controversy raged in Hamtramck, Michigan, as residents debated a proposed amendment that would exempt the adhan, or Islamic call to prayer, from the city's anti-noise ordinance. The call to prayer functioned as a flashpoint in disputes about the integration of Muslims into this historically Polish-Catholic community. No one openly contested Muslims' right to worship in their mosques, but many neighbors framed their resistance around what they regarded as the inappropriate public pronouncement of Islamic presence, an announcement that audibly intruded upon their public...