Performing Piety: Singers and Actors in Egypt's Islamic Revival

Author/Contributor(s):	Van Nieuwkerk, Karin
Publisher:	University of Texas Press
Date:	10/01/2013
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

Tracing the Islamization of Egyptian celebrities and their fans and the emergence of an Islamic aesthetics, this book offers a unique history of the religious revival in Egypt through the lens of the performing arts.