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The Muslim-majority nations of Malaysia and Indonesia are known for their extraordinary arts and Islamic revival movements. This collection provides an extensive view of dance, music, television series, and film in rural, urban, and mass-mediated contexts and how pious Islamic discourses are encoded and embodied in these public cultural forms.

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Introduction: Performance, Popular Culture, and Piety in Malaysia and Indonesia; Timothy P. Daniels 1. Performing Piety from the Inside Out: Fashioning Gender and Public Space in Mask "Tradition" from Java´s Northwest Coast; Laurie Margot Ross 2. Islamic Revivalism and Religious Piety in Indonesian Cinema; Eric Sasono 3. Embodying the Divine and the Body Politic: Mak Yong Performance in Rural Kelantan, Malaysia; Patricia A. Hardwick 4. "Islamic" TV Dramas, Malay Youth, and Pious Visions for Malaysia; Timothy P. Daniels 5. Complicating Senses of Masculinity, Femininity, and Islam through the Performing Arts in Malang, East Java; Christina Sunardi 6. Social Drama, Dangdut, and Popular Culture; Timothy P. Daniels Afterword: Commentary; James Peacock

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Laurie Margot Ross, Cornell University, USA Eric Sasono, Film Critic, Indonesia Patricia Hardwick, Independent Researcher, USA Christina Sunardi, University of Washington, USA James L. Peacock, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA

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