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Dance of Life

Dance of Life Popular Music and Politics in Southeast Asia

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Publisher's Synopsis

Whatever its current role and significance in Anglo-American society, popular music has been and remains a tremendous social and cultural force in many parts of the world. This text 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 few decades, the countries of Southeast Asia have reverberated to the music of superstars like Indonesia's Rhoma Irama. Articulating the views of powerless citizens, they provided a critical discourse on national and international affairs. Some were even identified with mass-based sociopolitical movements seeking change.

Book information

ISBN: 9780824818487
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Imprint: University of Hawaii Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 306.484
DEWEY edition: 21
Language: English
Number of pages: 390
Weight: 500g
Height: 230mm
Width: 171mm
Spine width: 31mm