Do the performing arts play a role in sexual selection? How does music influence mating practices in different cultures? an the performing arts create social settings where sexual relationships... Show moreDo the performing arts play a role in sexual selection? How does music influence mating practices in different cultures? an the performing arts create social settings where sexual relationships germinate and grow - even where sex is a disruptive force, an arena for competition and conflict? And if so, where does this power of the performing arts come from? Show less
Religion, more often than not, equates the arts of seduction - whether in traditional performances or popular music - with immoral behaviour. The status of music and dance in the Islamic world,... Show moreReligion, more often than not, equates the arts of seduction - whether in traditional performances or popular music - with immoral behaviour. The status of music and dance in the Islamic world, especially the fear of its sensuous powers, has been heatedly discussed in religious treatises; with its clean-cut performers and moral messages, nasyid, the Islamic boy-band music of Southeast Asia, seems to epitomise the art of no-seduction. Reality, however, is more complex, as Muslim pop music struggles to combine two competing powers - the eroticism of pop music and the persuasive power of religion. And especially when the female voice comes into play.... Show less
