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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Downing, Sonja Lynn
Titre(s) : Gamelan girls [Texte imprimé] : gender, childhood, and politics in Balinese music ensembles / Sonja Lynn Downing
Publication : Urbana : University of Illinois Press, copyright 2019
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XII-234 pages) : illustrations ; 23 cm
Collection : New perspectives on gender in music
Lien à la collection : New perspectives on gender in music
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-225) and index
"In recent years, girls' and mixed-gender ensembles have challenged the tradition
of male-dominated gamelan performance. The change heralds a fundamental shift in how
Balinese think about gender roles and the gender behavior taught in children's music
education. It also makes visible a national reorganization of the arts taking place
within debates over issues like women's rights and cultural preservation. Sonja Lynn
Downing draws on over a decade of immersive ethnographic work to analyze the ways
Balinese musical practices have influenced the processes behind these dramatic changes.
As Downing shows, girls and young women assert their agency within the gamelan learning
process to challenge entrenched notions of performance and gender. One dramatic result
is the creation of new combinations of femininity, musicality, and Balinese identity
that resist messages about gendered behavior from the Indonesian nation-state and
beyond. Such experimentation expands the accepted gender aesthetics of gamelan performance
but also sparks new understanding of the role children can and do play in ongoing
debates about identity and power."
Sujet(s) : Musique -- Société -- Bali (Indonésie)
Musiciennes -- Bali (Indonésie)
Identité sexuelle -- Dans la musique -- Bali (Indonésie)
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780252042713. - ISBN 0252042719. - ISBN 9780252084553. - ISBN 0252084551. -
ISBN 9780252051579 (erroné) (br.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb45834080m
Notice n° :
FRBNF45834080
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Introduction : Girls playing loud : the significance of girls' gamelans in Bali ;
Clubs of small women : organizations and institutions that support female musicians
; Support and satisfaction : Sanggar and their advantages ; Arjuna's angels : the
cultural politics of Balinese identity, music, and gender ; Gamelan vs. cell phones
: the cultural politics of children, music, and globalization ; Leading girls in
gamelan : embodiment and agency in practice and performance ; Playing in the dark
: old memories and current challenges ; Conclusion : Mulo keweh megambel (Indeed,
playing gamelan is difficult).
