Memory, Social Authority, and Composition in Damascene Dhikr
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[Thesis]
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[Thesis]
First Statement of Responsibility
Jeffrey McCullough Piatt
Subsequent Statement of Responsibility
Pandolfo, Stefania
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
University of California, Berkeley
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2014
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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175
GENERAL NOTES
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Committee members: Brinner, Benjamin; Hirschkind, Charles
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Place of publication: United States, Ann Arbor; ISBN=978-1-321-26064-9
DISSERTATION (THESIS) NOTE
Dissertation or thesis details and type of degree
Ph.D.
Discipline of degree
Anthropology
Body granting the degree
University of California, Berkeley
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2014
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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This dissertation examines the contemporary paradoxes, impasses, and new possibilities negotiated by Syrian Muslim men who practice the musical group worship of dhikr. Dhikr is group activity often associated with Sufism, and has long been an important part of Islamic practice in Syria and many other societies. Its historical tendency to rely heavily on song, movement, and affective expression within its ceremonies and discourses uniquely situate it as a site where questions are raised concerning the role music and emotion are to play in the building of ethical lives. Likewise, this dissertation takes dhikr as a site where modern transformations of society, of authority, and of norms governing the relation of religion and society are framed, and stances toward these issues worked out.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Cultural anthropology; Music; Middle Eastern Studies
UNCONTROLLED SUBJECT TERMS
Subject Term
Social sciences;Communication and the arts;Authority;Composition;Dhikr;Islam;Music;Syria