{"product_id":"gongs-and-pop-songs-sounding-minangkabau-in-indonesia-paperback","title":"Gongs and Pop Songs: Sounding Minangkabau in Indonesia - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJennifer A. Fraser\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eScholarship on the musical traditions of Indonesia has long focused on practices from Java and Bali, including famed \u003ci\u003egamelan\u003c\/i\u003e traditions, at the expense of the wide diversity of other musical forms within the archipelago. Jennifer A. Fraser counters this tendency by exploring a little-known gong tradition from Sumatra called \u003ci\u003etalempong, \u003c\/i\u003e long associated with people who identify themselves as Minangkabau.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGrounded in rich ethnographic data and supplemented with online audiovisual materials, \u003ci\u003eGongs and Pop Songs\u003c\/i\u003e is the first study to chronicle the history and variety of talempong styles. It reveals the continued vitality of older modes in rural communities in the twenty-first century, while tracing the emergence of newer ones with radically different aesthetic frames and values. Each talempong style discussed incorporates into its repertoire Minangkabau pop or indigenous songs, both of which have strong associations with the place and people. These contemporary developments in talempong have taken place against a shifting political, social, and economic backdrop: the institutionalization of indigenous arts, a failed regional rebellion, and the pressures of a free-market economy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFraser adopts a cognitive approach to ethnicity, asking how people understand themselves as Minangkabau through talempong and how different styles of the genre help create and articulate ethnic sentiments-that is, how they help people sound Minangkabau.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJennifer A. Fraser\u003c\/strong\u003e is an associate professor of ethnomusicology and anthropology at Oberlin College.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.4 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 15, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52765153263923,"sku":"9780896802957","price":66.31,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/ZENjUmY1R0k5SUZJczZHK0FYQjA4QT09.webp?v=1764615826","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/gongs-and-pop-songs-sounding-minangkabau-in-indonesia-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}