Ambient Sufism: Ritual Niches and the Social Work of Musical Form

by Richard C. Jankowsky

Book Overview

Ambient Sufism is a study of the intertwined musical lives of several ritual communities in Tunisia that invoke the healing powers of long-deceased Muslim saints through music-driven trance rituals. Richard C. Jankowsky illuminates the virtually undocumented role of women and minorities in shaping the ritual musical landscape of the region, with case studies on men's and women's Sufi orders, Jewish and black Tunisian healing musical troupes,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 022672347X
• ISBN13: 9780226723471
• Release Date: February 2021
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"