Bodies, Voices, Religion, and Nation: Independent Women and the Performances of Islam
Anne Rasmussen is associate professor of music and ethnomusicology at the College of William and Mary, where she also directs a Middle Eastern music ensemble. Her talk explores assumptions about Islamic women and music, based on contemporary Indonesian perspectives and practice.
Rasmussen is introduced by Ali Banuazizi, psychology professor at Boston College, and cochair of the Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies Program. The talk is followed by a concert of Middle Eastern music performed by Rasmussen and her colleagues, Anne Elise Thomas and Karim Nagi Mohammed.
Presenter(s): Anne Rasmussen
Date: February 17, 2004
Location: Gasson Hall 100, Boston College
Sponsor(s): The Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies Program
URL: http://frontrow.bc.edu/program/rasmussen/
The information on this page is accurate as of February 2004