Music and Transcendence

Sufi Popular Performances in East Africa

Datos Bibliográficos

ID9397968
AutoresAnnemette Kirkegaard (0000-0002-4895-1097, University of Copenhagen, autor de correspondencia)
Año2012
Volumen48
Número1
Fecha de publicación2012-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaTemenos - Nordic Journal for the Study of Religion (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0497-1817 • E-ISSN: 2342-7256
EditorialTemenos (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.33356/temenos.6945
OpenAlexW2162601779
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas1
Referencias citadas15

The article discusses transcendence in music in relation to popular Sufi performances in East Africa, drawing on specific cases from Zanzibar. Based on fieldwork, it examines ways in which music and movement in a structured event or performance can affect the consciousness. This phenomenon is discussed in close connection to its increasing presence in popular music festivals. The article also addresses the latent conflict between the performative Sufi orders of Islamic faith and the more conservative and increasingly silent Muslims

Aesthetics · Affect (linguistics · Art · Consciousness · Epistemology · Faith · Islam · Literature · Performative utterance · Phenomenon · Popular music · Relation (database · Sociology · Transcendence (philosophy · Colonialism, slavery, and trade · Communication · Computer Science · Gender Studies · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories · Hispanic-African Historical Relations · History · Philosophy