Dangdut stories: a social and musical history of Indonesia's most popular music
Weintraub, Andrew
A keen critic of culture in modern Indonesia, Andrew N. Weintraub shows how agenre of Indonesian music called dangdut evolved from a debased form of urbanpopular music to a prominent role in Indonesian cultural politics and the commercial music industry. Dangdut Stories is a social and musical history of dangdut within a range of broader narratives about class, gender, ethnicity, and nation in post-independence Indonesia (1945-present). INDICE: 1.: Introduction; 2.: Mythologizing Melayu: Discourse, Practice, and the Stakes of Authenticity; 3.: A Doll from India: Mr. Mahmud, and the Elvis of Indonesia; 4.: Music and Rakyat: Constructing 'the people' in Dangdut;5.: 'Suffering' and 'Surrender': Dangdut and the Spectacle of Excess; 6.: Dangdut Nation: 'We bring the Happiness of Dangdut'; 7.: 'Dance Drills, Faith Spills': Islam, Body Politics, and Popular Music; 8.: 'Dangdut Daerah': Going Local in Post-Suharto and Indonesia; 9.: Conclusion: Why Dangdut?
- ISBN: 978-0-19-539567-9
- Editorial: Oxford University
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 272
- Fecha Publicación: 30/09/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés