Music and Musicians in the Medieval Islamicate World: A Social History

Cover\nHalf Title\nSeries\nTitle\nCopyright\nDedication\nContents\nAcknowledgments\nIntroduction\nPart One Musical Culture in Early Islamicate Courts\n	1 Music in the Near East before Islam\n	2 Musicianship and Performance\n	3 Patrons, Singing Women, Mukhannathun, and Men\n	4 Slavery and Gender\nPart Two Diversions of Pleasure: Representations of Musicianship and Identity\n	5 Literary Performance of Music and Reading Musical Identity\n	6 Politics of Listening\n	7 Discomfort and Censure: The Case against Sama.\n	8 Reflections\nAppendix I\nAppendix II\nNotes\n	Introduction\n	1 Music in the Near East before Islam\n	2 Musicianship and Performance\n	3 Patrons, Singing Women, Mukhannathūn, and Men\n	4 Slavery and Gender\n	5 Literary Performance of Music and Reading Musical Identity\n	6 Politics of Listening\n	7 Discomfort and Censure: The Case against Samāᶜ\n	Appendix I\nBibliography\nIndex