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 List of Illustrations ix Preface xi Acknowledgments xiii Introduction: A Brief History of Popular Music and Society in Indonesia 3 Part One: Sites 1 Indonesian Popular Music Genres in the Global Sensorium 27 2 In the City: Class, History, and Modernity’s Failures 42 3 Cassette Retail Outlets: Organization, Iconography, Consumer Behavior 67 4 In the Studio: An Ethnography of Sound Production 91 5 On Location: Shooting Music Video Clips 121 6 Offstage: Music in Informal Contexts 139 PartTwo: Genres in Performance 7 Onstage: The Live Musical Event 171 8 Dangdut Concerts: The Politics of Pleasure 190 9 Rock and Pop Events: The Performance of Lifestyle 210 10 Underground Music: Imagining Alternative Community 226 Conclusion: Indonesian Youth, Music, and Globalization 247 Appendix A: Notes on Language in This Book 265 Appendix B: Other Indonesian Popular Music Genres 267 Appendix C: More on Nonstandard Speech Variants 271 Glossary of Indonesian and Jakartanese Terms 279 Notes 281 Works Cited 299 Index 315 CD Track Listing 328 vii ...

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