Sounding Islam

Voice, Media, and Sonic Atmospheres in an Indian Ocean World

Ranked #35 in Mauritius

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Sounding Islam provides a provocative account of the sonic dimensions of religion, combining perspectives from the anthropology of media and sound studies, as well as drawing on neo-phenomenological approaches to atmospheres. Using long-term ethnographic research on devotional Islam in Mauritius, Patrick Eisenlohr explores how the voice, as...
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