LEADER 03744nam 2200625 a 450 001 9910788315003321 005 20230803032528.0 010 $a0-292-74587-7 024 7 $a10.7560/745865 035 $a(CKB)3170000000060203 035 $a(EBL)3443688 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000981243 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11533236 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000981243 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10973477 035 $a(PQKB)11051370 035 $a(OCoLC)856929542 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3443688 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse25103 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3443688 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10749149 035 $a(OCoLC)932314346 035 $a(DE-B1597)587212 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780292745872 035 $a(EXLCZ)993170000000060203 100 $a20130904d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aPerforming piety$b[electronic resource]$esingers and actors in Egypt's islamic revival /$fKarin van Nieuwkerk 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aAustin, Tex. $cUniversity of Texas Press$dc2013 215 $a1 online resource (333 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-292-74586-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aDreams, spirituality, and the piety movement -- Repentance, dacwah, and religious education -- Veiling and charity -- The Islamist (counter)public -- The secular cultural field -- Changing discourses on art and gender -- Art with a mission and post-Islamism -- Halal weddings and religious markets -- Ramadan soaps and Islamic aesthetics. 330 $aIn the 1980s, Egypt witnessed a growing revival of religiosity among large sectors of the population, including artists. Many pious stars retired from art, ?repented? from ?sinful? activities, and dedicated themselves to worship, preaching, and charity. Their public conversions were influential in spreading piety to the Egyptian upper class during the 1990s, which in turn enabled the development of pious markets for leisure and art, thus facilitating the return of artists as veiled actresses or religiously committed performers. Revisiting the story she began in ?A Trade like Any Other?: Female Singers and Dancers in Egypt, Karin van Nieuwkerk draws on extensive fieldwork among performers to offer a unique history of the religious revival in Egypt through the lens of the performing arts. She highlights the narratives of celebrities who retired in the 1980s and early 1990s, including their spiritual journeys and their influence on the ?pietization? of their fans, among whom are the wealthy, relatively secular, strata of Egyptian society. Van Nieuwkerk then turns to the emergence of a polemic public sphere in which secularists and Islamists debated Islam, art, and gender in the 1990s. Finally, she analyzes the Islamist project of ?art with a mission? and the development of Islamic aesthetics, questioning whether the outcome has been to Islamize popular art or rather to popularize Islam. The result is an intimate thirty-year history of two spheres that have tremendous importance for Egypt?art production and piety. 606 $aEntertainers$xReligious life$zEgypt 606 $aEntertainers$zEgypt$vBiography 606 $aIslamic renewal$zEgypt 615 0$aEntertainers$xReligious life 615 0$aEntertainers 615 0$aIslamic renewal 676 $a792.70962 700 $aNieuwkerk$b Karin van$f1960-$0876504 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910788315003321 996 $aPerforming piety$93778338 997 $aUNINA