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Dangdut stories : a social and musical history of Indonesia's most popular music

A keen critic of culture in modern Indonesia, Andrew N. Weintraub shows how a genre of Indonesian music called dangdut evolved from a debased form of urban popular music to a prominent role in Indonesian cultural politics and the commercial music industry
eBook, English, 2010
Oxford University Press, New York, 2010
Criticism, interpretation, etc
1 online resource
9780195395662, 9780199780235, 9780199863549, 0195395662, 0199780234, 0199863547
669261802
Print version
Mythologizing Melayu : discourse, practice, and the stakes of authenticity
A doll from India, Mr. Mahmud, and the Elvis of Indonesia
Music and Rakyat : constructing "the people" in Dangdut
"Suffering" and "surrender" : Dangdut and the spectacle of excess
Dangdut nation : "we bring the happiness of Dangdut"
"Dance drills, faith spills": Islam, body politics, and Dangdut in post-Suharto Indonesia
"Dangdut daerah" : going local in post-Suharto Indonesia
Conclusion : why Dangdut?
"Oxford scholarship online."
Title from home page (viewed Sept. 7, 2010)