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Erotic triangles : Sundanese dance and masculinity in West Java / Henry Spiller.

By: Series: Chicago studies in ethnomusicologyCopyright date: ©2010Description: xvii, 251 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780226769585
Other title:
  • Sundanese dance and masculinity in West Java
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Contents:
Discourses of Sundanese dance -- Drumming and power -- Ronggeng and desire -- Dance events and freedom -- The erotic triangle of Sundanese dance -- Triangulating Sundanese dance.
Summary: 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.
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Includes bibliographical references (page 223-238) and index.

Discourses of Sundanese dance -- Drumming and power -- Ronggeng and desire -- Dance events and freedom -- The erotic triangle of Sundanese dance -- Triangulating Sundanese dance.

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.

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