Dance of life : popular music and politics in Southeast Asia /

Mostrar otras versiones (1)

This book explores the connections between popular music genres and politics in Southeast Asia, with particular emphasis on Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia, and Singapore. Over the past several decades the countries of Southeast Asia have reverberated to the music of superstars like I...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lockard, Craig A. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Honolulu, HI : University of Hawaiì Press, ©1998.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Popular music > Southeast Asia > History and criticism.
Music and state > Southeast Asia.
Musique populaire > Asie du Sud-Est > Histoire et critique.
Musique > Politique gouvernementale > Asie du Sud-Est.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
Music and state.
Popular music.
Popmusik
Unterhaltungsmusik
Populaire muziek.
Politieke aspecten.
Politique musicale > Asie du Sud-Est.
Southeast Asia.
Südostasien
Samfundsvidenskab > Sociologi.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:This book explores the connections between popular music genres and politics in Southeast Asia, with particular emphasis on Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia, and Singapore. Over the past several decades the countries of Southeast Asia have reverberated to the music of superstars like Indonesia's Rhoma Irama and Iwan Fals, the Filipino singer-songwriters Freddie Aguilar and Joey Ayala. Thailand groups Caravan and Carabao, and the Malaysian rock group Kembara. Along with many lesser known artists, they articulated the views of powerless citizens and provided a critical discourse on national and international affairs. Some were even identified with mass based sociopolitical movements seeking change.
Popular musicians were at the forefront of the Thai democracy movement of the mid-1970s, the agitation leading to the abdication of the Marcos dictatorship in the mid-1980s, and the debate over inequality, corruption, and the role of Islam in Indonesia. Craig Lockard, both an accomplished social historian and an astute and avid fan of pop music, provides a broad cultural and historical framework for his study of the role and impact of popular musicians and their music on contemporary Southeast Asian politics. Dance of Life will be enthusiastically received by ethnomusicologists and those with an interest in popular culture, Asian studies, mass communications, modern history, and politics, as well as fans and scholars of pop music worldwide.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xix, 390 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-374) and index.
ISBN:0585277044
9780585277042

Ejemplares similares