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Taqwacore: Punk Polyculturalism
By Wendy Hsu on May 26, 2017
By Wendy Hsu on 26 May 2017 in
ACADEMIC
Taqwacore combines alternative interpretations of Islam with a punk anti-status-quo ethos. In the fourth and last part of her essay, Wendy Hsu describes how the band The Kominas creates powerful social resonances and ethnic solidarity.
Posted in ACADEMIC | Tagged Afropunk, Amul 9, Arab, Basim, Belonging, Chicano, Cocker Spaniels, cultural ambiguity, Das Racist, ethnic solidarity, GA and Sean Padilla, Juventude Maldita, Latino punk, multiethnic, Muslim, Oi, polyculturalist solidarity, skinheads, social inclusion, South Asian, Spanish Civil War, Taqwacore, Taqwacore: Punk Polyculturalism, The Kominas, Vennaskond |
By Wendy Hsu on May 12, 2017
By Wendy Hsu on 12 May 2017 in
ACADEMIC
Taqwacore combines alternative interpretations of Islam with a punk anti-status-quo ethos. A reflection upon on a performance of the U.S. band The Kominas and their forging of solidarity with other Muslim Americans.
Posted in ACADEMIC | Tagged 1947 Partition of India, African American, Amir Sulaiman, Arab, gospel, Incarnation Episcopal Church, Islam, ISNA, Latino Church, Michael Muhammad Knight, Middle East, Muslim Latinos, nationality, New Muslim Cool, Norman Mailer, Orthodox Church, Osama Van Halen, Palestine, polycultural, Progressive Islam, punkrock, Sharia Law in the USA, South Asian, Sufi Muslims, Taqwacore: Punk Polyculturalism, The Kominas, US society, Western values |
By Wendy Hsu on April 21, 2017
By Wendy Hsu on 21 April 2017 in
ACADEMIC
Taqwacore combines alternative interpretations of Islam with a punk ethos, known through the U.S. band The Kominas. The second part of Wendy Hsu’s essay deals with eurocentrism and the band’s struggle against notions of «good» and «bad Muslims».
Posted in ACADEMIC | Tagged Arab revolt, Bengali Hindus, Brooklyn, clash of civilizations, consumerist multiculturalism, diversity, ethnic chic, George W. Bush, hipster, immigrants, Islam, keffiyeh, liberalism, Palestine, Punjabi, Samuel Huntington, Sharia Law in the USA, skinny jeans, Taqwacore: Punk Polyculturalism, Terrorist, The Kominas, Urban Outfitters, Western counterculture, Williamsburg |
By Wendy Hsu on April 10, 2017
By Wendy Hsu on 10 April 2017 in
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Taqwacore combines an alternative practice of Islam with a punk ethos, best known through the U.S. band The Kominas. Norient’s 4-part series of Wendy Hsu deals with the band’s experiences as brown-identified, South Asian Americans living in the US.
Posted in ACADEMIC | Tagged 9/11, Belonging, Cold War, Cultural Appropriation, Desire, Exotica, fundamentalist, hate-mail, Homeland Security, Islam, Islamophobia, McCarthyism, Muslim, Muslim Punk, polyculturalist, Punk, racism, Sex Pistols, Sharia Law, solidarity, South Asian Americans, Taqwacore, Taqwacore: Punk Polyculturalism, The Kominas |
