Musical Journeys in Sumatra
Author： Kartomi Margaret J.
Publisher： University of Illinois Press
Publication year： 2012
E-ISBN: 9780252093821
P-ISBN(Paperback): 9780252036712
Subject： C91 Sociology;K3 Asian History
Keyword： 社会学,亚洲史
Language： ENG
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Description
Despite being the sixth largest island in the world and home to an estimated 44 million Indonesians, Sumatra's musical arts and cultures have not been the subject of a book-length study until now. Documenting the ethnographic, cultural, and historical contexts of Sumatra's performing arts, this book also traces the changes in their style, content, and reception from the early 1970s onward. Having dedicated almost forty years of scholarship to exploring the rich and varied music of Sumatran provinces, Margaret Kartomi provides a fascinating ethnographic record of vanishing musical genres, traditions, and practices that have become deeply compromised by the pressures of urbanization, rural poverty, and government policy. Featuring unique photographs and original drawings from Kartomi's field observations of instruments and performances, the book provides a comprehensive musical introduction to this neglected, very large island, with its hundreds of ethno-linguistic-musical groups.
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