Table of Contents

Acknowledgments Introduction Part One. The 1980s: Celebrating Piety Chapter 1. Dreams, Spirituality, and the Piety Movement Chapter 2. Repentance, Da'wah, and Religious Education Chapter 3. Veiling and Charity Part Two. The 1990s: Debating Religion, Gender, and the Performing Arts in the Public Sphere Chapter 4. The Islamist (Counter)public Chapter 5. The Secular Cultural Field Chapter 6. Changing Discourses on Art and Gender Part Three. The New Millennium: Performing Piety Chapter 7. Art with a Mission and Post-Islamism Chapter 8. Halal Weddings and Religious Markets Chapter 9. Ramadan Soaps and Islamic Aesthetics Afterword Notes Glossary Bibliography Index

About the Author

Karin van Nieuwkerk is an anthropologist and professor of contemporary Islam in Europe and the Middle East at the Radboud University Nijmegen.

Reviews

"This book is really about the social history of Egypt since the 1980s as seen through the lens of the performing arts. Summing Up: recommended" - Choice "...an invaluable contribution to the anthropology of performing piety, in general, and the study of Islamic revival and Muslim piety movement in Egypt, in particular." - Middle East Media and Book Reviews Online "The study is contingent on rich and diverse sources including, for example, ethnography, media, literature reviews, autobiographies of stars and local print material, published mostly in Arabic. The author conducts interviews with mostly female performers, intellectuals and critics. The interviews with artists make the book enjoyable and accessible to non-specialist readers." - Middle East Media and Book Reviews Online.