Erotic Triangles : Sundanese Dance and Masculinity in West Java
Henry. Spiller
Bok Engelsk 2010 · Electronic books.
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| Utgitt | Chicago : : University of Chicago Press, , 2010.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (271 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. Discourses of Sundanese Dance; 2. Drumming and Power; 3. Ronggeng and Desire; 4. Dance Events and Freedom; 5. The Erotic Triangle of Sundanese Dance; 6. Triangulating Sundanese Dance; Notes; References; Index. - In West Java, Indonesia, all it takes is a woman's voice and a drum beat to make a man get up and dance. Every day, men there-be they students, pedicab drivers, civil servants, or businessmen-breach ordinary standards of decorum and succumb to the rhythm at village ceremonies, weddings, political rallies, and nightclubs. The music the men dance to varies from traditional gong ensembles to the contemporary pop known as dangdut, but they consistently dance with great enthusiasm. In Erotic Triangles, Henry Spiller draws on decades of ethnographic research to explore th
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| ISBN | 0226769585. - 0226769593. - 9780226769585. - 9780226769592
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