Rebel music: race, empire and the new Muslim youth culture

by Aidi, Hishaam D.

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Full title :Rebel music : race, empire and the new Muslim youth culture / Hisham D. Aidi

Summary

In this timely, revelatory study, Hisham Aidi examines the secular and religious movements that have recently emerged among Muslim youth in the West as a means of protest against the policies of the "War on Terror." He interviews artists and activists, and reports from music festivals and concerts. He explains how certain kinds of music--particularly hip hop, but also Jazz, gnawa, Andalusian, Judeo-Arabic, Latin and others--have come to represent a heightened racial identity and a Muslim consciousness that criss-crosses the globe. He describes how western governments--particularly the U.S. and England--use music in an attempt to deradicalize Muslim youth abroad. And he explores the increasing radicalization among Muslim youth in an historical context: looking back to the Civil Rights movement and to the words of Malcolm X which have inspired many American Muslims. In all, Aidi has written a riveting, eye-opening portrait of a growing, potentially radical segment of the global youth culture"

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2014
Edition:1. ed

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Pantheon
Place of Publication:New York
Language:eng
Publication Date:2014

Notes

Includes index

The Physical Object

Description:xxx, 398 s

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780375424908, 0375424903
oclc:ocn900201038
LC Classification:BP188.18.Y68
Dewey Decimal:305.235 088297

Subjects

Contestation -- Occident Jeunesse musulmane -- Conditions social… Music and youth Music and youth -- Western countries Musique et jeunesse -- Occident Muslim youth -- Social conditions Muslim youth -- Social conditions. -- W… Protest movements Protest movements -- Western countries Western countries