Musical worlds in Yogyakarta

Titel: Musical worlds in Yogyakarta / Max M. Richter
Verfasser:
Veröffentlicht: Leiden, the Netherlands : KITLV Press, 2012
Umfang: 1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 210 Seiten) : Illustrations
Format: E-Book
Sprache: Englisch
Schriftenreihe/
mehrbändiges Werk:
Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal- ; 281
Southeast Asia mediated ; [volume 2]
RVK-Notation:
ISBN: 9004253491 ; 9789004253490 ; 9789067183901 ; 9067183903 ; 129978402X ; 9781299784024 ; 9789004263710 ; 9004263713
Bemerkung: Includes bibliographical references and index
Zusammenfassung: Musical worlds in Yogyakarta is an ethnographic account of a vibrant Indonesian city during the turbulent early post-Soeharto years. The book examines musical performance in public contexts ranging from the street and neighbourhood through to commercial venues and state environments such as Yogyakarta's regional parliament, its military institutions, universities and the Sultan's palace. It focuses on the musical tastes and practices of street workers, artists, students and others. From street-corner jam sessions to large-scale concerts, a range of genres emerge that cohere around notions of campursari ('mixed essences') and jalanan ('of the street'). Musical worlds addresses themes of social identity and power, counterpoising Pierre Bourdieu's theories on class, gender and nation with the author's alternative perspectives of inter-group social capital, physicality and grounded cosmopolitanism. The author argues that Yogyakarta is exemplary of how everyday people make use of music to negotiate issues of power and at the same time promote peace and intergroup appreciation in culturallydiverse inner-city settings. Max M. Richter is director of the Monash Asia Institute and lecturer in Anthropology at Monash University, Australia. He has published in international journals and edited book collections, and has given presentations on Indonesian music and society in several countries and forums. His current research focuses on local-level music performance, intellectual/power-broker gatherings and centre/region identities in urban Indonesia.