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