The fighting art of pencak silat and its music : : from Southeast Asian village to global movement / / edited by Uwe U. Paetzold.

Fighting arts have their own beauty, internal philosophy, and are connected to cultural worlds in meaningful and important ways. Combining approaches from ethnomusicology, ethnochoreology, performance theory and anthropology, the distinguishing feature of this book is that it highlights the centrali...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Superior document:Brill's Southeast Asian Library, Volume 5
TeilnehmendeR:
Place / Publishing House:Leiden, Netherlands ;, Boston, Massachusetts : : Brill,, 2016.
©2016
Year of Publication:2016
Language:English
Series:Brill's Southeast Asian library ; Volume 5.
Physical Description:1 online resource (468 p.)
Notes:Inlcudes index.
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • Introduction / Uwe U. Paetzold and Paul H. Mason
  • 1 The Standardisation of Pencak Silat: Javanisation, Nationalism, and Internationalisation / Jean-Marc de Grave
  • 2 The Music in Pencak Silat Arts Tournaments is Gone – A Critical Discussion of the Changes in a Performance Culture / Uwe U. Paetzold
  • 3 Silat: A Muslim Traditional Martial Art in Southern Thailand / Bussakorn Binson
  • 4 Gendang Silat: Observations from Stong (Kelantan) and from Kuala Penyu (Sabah) / Gisa Jähnichen
  • 5 Hang Tuah and the Distinctive Art of Self-Defence Culture in the Lingga Regency of Indonesia’s Riau Islands / Margaret Kartomi
  • 6 Silek Minang in West Sumatra, Indonesia / Paul H. Mason
  • 7 Pencak Silat Seni in West Java, Indonesia / Paul H. Mason
  • 8 Dampeang: Social and Textual Structure in the Performance of Luambek / Zahara Kamal and Indija Mahjoeddin
  • 9 Dancing Soldiers: Rudat for Maulud Festivals in Muslim Balinese Villages / Ako Mashino
  • 10 Sundanese Penca Silat and Dance Drumming in West Java / Henry Spiller
  • 11 Dancing Toward Autonomy: Jaipongan and the Assertion of Sundanese Identity / Sean Williams
  • 12 The Galombang Wave and the Silek Body / Indija Mahjoeddin
  • 13 Adaptation of Silek and Randai for Performer Training in the USA: A Case Study of the Asian Theater Program at the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa / Kirstin Pauka
  • Glossary / Uwe U. Paetzold and Paul H. Mason
  • Index of Names / Uwe U. Paetzold and Paul H. Mason
  • Index of Terms and Associative Expressions / Uwe U. Paetzold and Paul H. Mason.