Dangdut Stories
Author | : Andrew N. Weintraub |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 269 |
Release | : 2010-08-26 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780199780235 |
ISBN-13 | : 0199780234 |
Rating | : 4/5 (234 Downloads) |
Download or read book Dangdut Stories written by Andrew N. Weintraub and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2010-08-26 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A keen critic of culture in modern Indonesia, Andrew N. Weintraub shows how a genre of Indonesian music called dangdut evolved from a debased form of urban popular 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).