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 ...
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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 the reasons behind this phenomenon, arguing that Sundanese men use dance to explore and enact contradictions in their gender identities. Framing the three crucial elements of Sundanese dance--the female entertainer, the drumming, and men's sense of freedom--as a triangle, Spiller connects them to a range of other theoretical perspectives, drawing on thinkers from Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, L???vi-Strauss, and Freud to Euclid. By granting men permission to literally perform their masculinity, Spiller ultimately concludes, dance provides a crucial space for both reinforcing and resisting orthodox gender ideologies.
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New. In West Java, Indonesia, all it takes is a woman's voice and a drumbeat to make a man get up and dance. The author draws on decades of ethnographic research to explore the reasons behind this phenomenon, arguing that Sundanese men use dance to explore and enact contradictions in their gender identities. Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology. Num Pages: 288 pages, 8 halftones, 9 musical examples, 14 line drawings, 13 tables. BIC Classification: 1FMN; AVA; JFSJ; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 476. 2010. Paperback.....We ship daily from our Bookshop.
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Good-Bumped and creased book with tears to the extremities, but not affecting the text block, may have remainder mark or previous owner's name-GOOD Standard-sized.
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Fair. Bound upside down. HARDCOVER Acceptable-This is a significantly damaged book. It should be considered a reading copy only. Please order this book only if you are interested in the content and not the condition. May be ex-library. Standard-sized.
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Good. All pages and cover are intact. Possible minor highlighting and marginalia. Ships from an indie bookstore in NYC. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 264 p. Contains: Illustrations, black & white, Line drawings, black & white, Tables, black & white, Figures, Printed music items. Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology.
