Anthropology and Cultural History in Asia and the Indo-Pacific : Islamic Spectrum in Java ISBN: 9780754697190 Platform/Publisher: PQ ebrary / Taylor & Francis Digital rights:Users: Unlimited; Printing: Limited; Download: 7 Days at a time Subjects: Islam : Social aspects : Indonesia : Java.;
This empirically grounded work explores the emerging aspects of cultural politics in the worldOCOs most populous Muslim nation, engaging with complex issues of cultural translation, localization and globalization from various perspectives. With its discussion of both old and new Islamic movements, alongside the contested religious interpretations of public cultural events, this book will be of interest not only to anthropologists, but also to scholars of religion, culture and sociology."