Jihadi Culture

Herausgeber: Hegghammer, Thomas

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A study of the music, films, storytelling, art, and poetry of militants across the globe, from Boko Haram to al-Qaida and from al-Shabaab to the Islamic State. Looking at the everyday lives of jihadis, this book is suited to historians, political scientists, sociologists, and anthropologists, as well as more general readers, policy makers, and journalists.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Juni 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 468g
• ISBN-13: 9781107614567
• ISBN-10: 1107614562
• Artikelnr.: 47778808

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: why study jihadi culture? Thomas Hegghammer
1. Poetry in jihadi culture Robyn Creswell and Bernard Haykel
2. A cappella songs (anashid) in jihadi culture Nelly Lahoud
3. A musicological perspective on jihadi anashid Jonathan Pieslak
4. The visual culture of jihad Afshon Ostovar
5. A history of jihadi cinematography Anne Stenersen
6. The Islamic dream tradition and jihadi militancy Iain R. Edgar and Gwynned de Looijer
7. Contemporary martyrdom ideology and material culture David B. Cook
8. Non-military practices in jihadi groups Thomas Hegghammer
Notes
Bibliography
Index.