Picturing Islam

<i>Picturing Islam: Art and Ethics in a Muslim Lifeworld</i> explores issues of religion, nationalism, ethnicity, and globalization through the life and work of the prominent contemporary Indonesian artist Abdul Djalil Pirous. <ul> <li>Presents a unique addition to the anthropology of art and religion</li> <li>Demonstrates the impact of Islam, ethnicity, nationalism, and globalization on the work and life of an internationally recognized postcolonial artist</li> <li>Weaves together visual and narrative materials to tell an engrossing story of a cosmopolitan Muslim artist</li> <li>Looks at contemporary Islamic art and the way it has been produced in the world’s largest Muslim nation, Indonesia</li> </ul>