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Sounding Islam provides a provocative account of the sonic dimensions of religion, combining perspectives from the anthropology of media and sound studies, as well as drawing on neo-phenomenological approaches to atmospheres. Using 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 religious traditions. At the core of Eisenlohr’s concern is the interplay of voice, media, affect, and listeners’ religious experiences. Sounding Islam sheds new light on a key dimension of religion, the sonic incitement of sensations that are often difficult to translate into language.
Sounding Islam provides a provocative account of the sonic dimensions of religion, combining perspectives from the anthropology of media and sound studies, as well as drawing on neo-phenomenological approaches to atmospheres. Using 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 religious traditions. At the core of Eisenlohr’s concern is the interplay of voice, media, affect, and listeners’ religious experiences. Sounding Islam sheds new light on a key dimension of religion, the sonic incitement of sensations that are often difficult to translate into language.
Price: $34.95
Pages: 188
Publisher: University of California Press
Imprint: University of California Press
Publication Date:
08 June 2018
Trim Size: 9.00 X 6.00 in
ISBN: 9780520298712
Format: Paperback
"The book marks a major contribution in terms of theorization of sound—in religious contexts as well as more broadly."
Patrick Eisenlohr is Professor of Anthropology and Chair in Society and Culture in Modern India at the University of Göttingen. He is the author of Little India: Diaspora, Time, and Ethnolinguistic Belonging in Hindu Mauritius.
List of Illustrations
List of Audio Clips
Acknowledgments
1. Sounding Islam
2. Devotional Islam and Sound Reproduction
3. Aspirations in Transnational Religious Networks
4. The Materiality of Media and the Vanishing Medium
5. The Work of Transduction: Voice as Atmosphere
6. Sound as Affect? Encorporation and Movement in Vocal Performance
Conclusion
Notes
References
Index
List of Audio Clips
Acknowledgments
1. Sounding Islam
2. Devotional Islam and Sound Reproduction
3. Aspirations in Transnational Religious Networks
4. The Materiality of Media and the Vanishing Medium
5. The Work of Transduction: Voice as Atmosphere
6. Sound as Affect? Encorporation and Movement in Vocal Performance
Conclusion
Notes
References
Index