In this Book
- Modern Noise, Fluid Genres: Popular Music in Indonesia, 1997–2001
- Book
- 2008
- Published by: University of Wisconsin Press
- Series: New Perspectives in Se Asian Studies
summary
What happens to “local” sound when globalization exposes musicians and audiences to cultural influences from around the world? Jeremy Wallach explores this question as it plays out in the eclectic, evolving world of Indonesian music after the fall of the repressive Soeharto regime. Against the backdrop of Indonesia’s chaotic and momentous transition to democracy, Wallach takes us to recording studios, music stores, concert venues, university campuses, video shoots, and urban neighborhoods.
Integrating ground-level ethnographic research with insights drawn from contemporary cultural theory, he shows that access to globally circulating music and technologies has neither extinguished nor homogenized local music-making in Indonesia. Instead, it has provided young Indonesians with creative possibilities for exploring their identity in a diverse nation undergoing dramatic changes in an increasingly interconnected world. Ultimately, he finds, the unofficial, multicultural nationalism of Indonesian popular music provides a viable alternative to the religious, ethnic, regional, and class-based extremism that continues to threaten unity and democracy in that country.
Table of Contents
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- List of Illustrations
- pp. ix-x
- Acknowledgments
- pp. xiii-xvi
- Part One: Sites
- 5. On Location: Shooting Music Video Clips
- pp. 121-138
- 6. Offstage: Music in Informal Contexts
- pp. 139-167
- Part Two: Genres in Performance
- 7. Onstage: The Live Musical Event
- pp. 171-189
- Appendix A: Notes on Language in This Book
- pp. 265-266
- Glossary of Indonesian and Jakartanese Terms
- pp. 279-280
- Works Cited
- pp. 299-313
- CD Track Listing
- p. 328
Additional Information
ISBN
9780299229030
Related ISBN(s)
9780299229009, 9780299229047
MARC Record
OCLC
608691552
Pages
344
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No
Copyright
2008