Music in mainland Southeast Asia
Subtitle: experiencing music, expressing culture
By: Gavin Douglas.
Series: Global music series; Global music series
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 186
ISBN-13: 9780195367829; 9780195367836
Subjects: Music -- Southeast Asia -- History and criticism; Southeast Asia -- Social life and customs
Description: Mainland Southeast Asia is a culturally diverse and musically intriguing area, yet the ethnomusicological record lacks coverage of many of its musical and cultural traditions. Placing the music of this region within a social, cultural, and historical context, Music in Mainland Southeast Asia is the first brief, stand-alone volume to profile the under-represented musical traditions of Burma, Cambodia, Thailand, and Vietnam. It also contains the first introduction to Burmese music ever presented in a music textbook. Drawing on his extensive fieldwork, author Gavin Douglas frames this survey of Southeast Asian music within three key themes: music and diversity, music and political turmoil, and music and globalization. Each theme lends itself to a discussion of the region's classical musical traditions, folk traditions, and contemporary developments. Uniquely focusing on the people who practice these musical traditions--rather than the locales from which the traditions originate--the text also follows individuals out of their native lands and into diasporic communities throughout the world [Publisher description].
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Diversity and commonality; title: Classical traditions, court traditions, national traditions; title: Diversity and regional variation; title: Music and political turmoil; title: Globalization and local adaptation.