Provocative images in contemporary Islam
Leiden: Leiden University Press (2023), 233 pp.
Contains illustrations
Series: Debates on Islam and Society, 9
ISBN 978-90-8728-377-3 (print); 978-94-006-0426-1 (ebook)
"Moving beyond a common visual concern within Religious Studies with art, aesthetic value, and perceptions of beauty or coherence, this volume shows how, when, and why images dare, shock, terrorize, confront, challenge, mock, shame, taunt, or offend, either intentionally or unintentionally, and as such lead to both confrontation and affective religious engagement. Exploring and experimenting with the relationship between text and image, the contributions draw attention simultaneously to the messiness of everyday life and to highly targeted, disruptive interventions that mark religious contestation in an era of escalating mobility and digital multiplicity. The volume thus illuminates an insight that has received little attention so far: provocation is among religion’s most significant mediations." (Publisher description)
1 Introduction: Provocative Images in Contemporary Islam / Leonie Schmidt and Mark R. Westmoreland, 9
2 Provoking Affect: Islamic State’s Projectilic Images / Marwan M. Kraidy, 25
3 Angry Muslim Mobs on Dutch Television: The Reappropriation of the Rushdie Affair / Andrea Meuzelaar, 37
4 Multicultural Clumsiness: Provocative Anti-Provocations in the Aftermath of the Charlie Hebdo Attacks / Margaretha A. van Es, 67
5 Islamoscaping Medina by the Bay: The Background of Muslim Life in the San Francisco Bay Area / Maryam Kashani, 85
6 Pictures That Divide: Worldly Justice, Erotic Nationalism, and the Globalization of the Kiss / Pooyan Tamimi Arab, 109
7 Over the Shoulder: Looking at Islamic Visuality, Projected Scandals, and Muslim Visibility / Kirsten L. Scheid, 141
8 Making an Appearance: Images, Frailty, and the Potency of Beauty in the Indonesian Modest Fashion Scene / Carla Jones, 159
9 Television is Not Radio: Theologies of Mediation in the Egyptian Islamic Revival / Yasmin Moll, 181
10 Haunting the Islamists: Visualizing Piety, Satire, and Shame in Contemporary Indonesia / James Bourk Hoesterey, 203
11 Epilogue: What do Provocative Images Provoke? / Karen Strassler, 219
2 Provoking Affect: Islamic State’s Projectilic Images / Marwan M. Kraidy, 25
3 Angry Muslim Mobs on Dutch Television: The Reappropriation of the Rushdie Affair / Andrea Meuzelaar, 37
4 Multicultural Clumsiness: Provocative Anti-Provocations in the Aftermath of the Charlie Hebdo Attacks / Margaretha A. van Es, 67
5 Islamoscaping Medina by the Bay: The Background of Muslim Life in the San Francisco Bay Area / Maryam Kashani, 85
6 Pictures That Divide: Worldly Justice, Erotic Nationalism, and the Globalization of the Kiss / Pooyan Tamimi Arab, 109
7 Over the Shoulder: Looking at Islamic Visuality, Projected Scandals, and Muslim Visibility / Kirsten L. Scheid, 141
8 Making an Appearance: Images, Frailty, and the Potency of Beauty in the Indonesian Modest Fashion Scene / Carla Jones, 159
9 Television is Not Radio: Theologies of Mediation in the Egyptian Islamic Revival / Yasmin Moll, 181
10 Haunting the Islamists: Visualizing Piety, Satire, and Shame in Contemporary Indonesia / James Bourk Hoesterey, 203
11 Epilogue: What do Provocative Images Provoke? / Karen Strassler, 219
