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Calling back the spirit : music, dance, and cultural politics in lowland South Sulawesi /

Calling Back the Spirit' describes how, in the face of Indonesian and foreign cultural pressures, the Makassarese people of South Sulawesi defend their local spirit through music and dance. The book examines the ways performers seek to empower local music and dance in a changing environment.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Sutton, Richard Anderson
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 2002.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • List of Illustrations; Contents of Compact Disk; Orthography, Abbreviations, and Conventions; 1 Introduction; 2 South Sulawesi on Parade: Representations of the Local in the Culture Week Festival; 3 From Ritual Enactment to Stage Entertainment: Andi Nurhani Sapada and the Aestheticization of South Sulawesi's Music and Dance, 1940s-1970s; 4 From Entertainment to Art and Back to Ritual: The Struggle for Legitimacy and Artistic Power, 1970s-1990s; 5 Patriotism and Performance: One Holiday, Two Forts, Three Events.