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...
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, ped...
Fragrant tropical flowers, opulent batik fabrics, magnificent bronze gamelan orchestras, and, of course, aromatic coffee. Such are the exotic images of Javas. Through close readings of the careers of four "javaphiles", Javaphilia: American Love Affairs with Javanese Music and Dance explores a century of American representations of Javanese performing arts by North Americans.
Fragrant tropical flowers, opulent batik fabrics, magnificent bronze gamelan orchestras, and, of course, aromatic coffee. Such are the exotic images o...
