Like Tigers Around a Piece of Meat : : The Baba Style of Dondang Sayang / / Philip Thomas.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter ISEAS Archive eBook-Package 1970-1999
• VerfasserIn: Thomas, Philip,
• MitwirkendeR: Thomas, Phillip L.,
• Place / Publishing House: Singapore : : ISEAS Publishing, , [1986]; ©1986
• Year of Publication: 1986
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (83 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Acknowledgements --; Like Tigers Around a Piece of Meat --; 1. A Brief History of Dondang Sayang --; 2. The Tajuk System --; 3. Songs of Love: Malay Dondang Sayang --; 4. The Deep Sea: ABaba Pantun Sequence --; 5. Malay and Baba Aesthetics --; Appendices --; Bibliography --; THE AUTHOR
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9789814377782; 9783110606690
• DOI: 10.1355/9789814377782
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Philip Thomas.

Throughout Malay-speaking Southeast Asia, the Malay pantun has long provided a medium for social intercourse between people of varied ethnic backgrounds. One of the most elaborate forms of pantun singing is Dondang Sayang. With a focus on Baba Chinese contributions, Like Tigers around a Piece of Meat traces the history of Dondang Sayang and analyses through texts from Singapore and Malacca how the poets achieve works of profound meaning.