Music and the Play of Power in the Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia

by Laudan Nooshin

This volume presents the first direct look at the complex relationship between music and power across a range of musical genres and countries. Discourses of power in the region centre on some of the most contested social issues, most notably in relation to nationhood, gender and religion. Individual chapters examine the ways in which music serves as a forum for playing out issues of power, ideology, resistance and subversion.

340 pages, ebook

First published January 1, 2009

Reviews

[Zara · Rating 3 out of 5]

We need to pay more attention about power, memory and music. Fow women, the choice of silence is a means of exercising power.