ISLAM AND POPULAR CULTURE IN INDONESIA AND MALAYSIA
An interdisciplinary conference
10-12 Oct 2008
U of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Home to approximately one-fifth of the world¹s Muslim population, Indonesia and Malaysia are often overlooked or misrepresented in media discourses about Islam. Ideas, sounds, images, gestures, and meanings about Islam abound in contemporary popular cultural forms including film, music, television, radio, comics, fashion, magazines, and cyberculture. By focusing on popular culture, we will emphasize the dynamic, contested, and performative nature of Islam in contemporary Indonesia and Malaysia.
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