Creating an Islamic cultural sphere: Contested notions of art, leisure and entertainment. An Introduction

Contemporary Islam

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 169-176

  van Nieuwkerk, Karin ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Art; Cultural sphere; Entertainment; Islam; Public sphere

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149180069     PISSN: 18720218     EISSN: 18720226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11562-008-0059-6     Document Type: Editorial

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