• List of Figures
• A Note on Transliteration
• Preface
• Introduction: The Aesthetics of Authenticity in Contemporary Syria
• Among the Jasmine Trees
• Sentiment and Authentic Spirit: Composing Syrian Modernity
• Constructing Musical Authenticity: History, Cultural Memory, Emotion
• Body Memory, Temporality, and Transformation in the Dhikr
• Authentic Performance and the Performance of Authenticity
• Tarab, Sentiment, and Authenticity
• Notes Toward Closure
• Epilogue: 2000
• Notes
• Glossary of Selected Arabic Terms
• Selected Bibliography and Discography
• Index
