Cosmopolitan Intimacies: Malay Film Music of the Independence Era - Softcover

Johan, Adil

 
9789814722636: Cosmopolitan Intimacies: Malay Film Music of the Independence Era
Softcover
ISBN 10: 9814722634 ISBN 13: 9789814722636
Publisher: National University of Singapore Press, 2018

Synopsis

The 1950s and ’60s are now thought to be the Golden Age of Malay film. A big part of what made films of this era so popular was their beguiling music. In this absorbing study, the scholar and musician Adil Johan examines the social and cultural impact of the film music of the period, and its role in nation-making.
Drawing on analyses of lyrics and music, interviews with musicians, and the content of Malay entertainment magazines, in an approach that spans ethnomusicology and cultural studies, he reveals this body of work to be a product of a musical and cultural cosmopolitanism in the service of a nation-making process based on ideas of Malay ethnonationalism, initially fluid but increasingly homogenized over time. Malay film music of the period covertly expressed radical sentiments despite being produced within a commercialized film industry.
Written in a lively style and illustrated with musical examples, the book will satisfy ethnomusicologists, composers, and film studies scholars interested in Southeast Asia and the Malay world. It will equally be of interest to scholars interested in the role of culture in nation-making more broadly.

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About the Author

Adil Johan is a musician, ethnomusicologist, and research fellow at the Institute for Ethnic Studies at the National University of Malaysia.

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Publisher
National University of Singapore Press
Publication date
2018
Language
English
ISBN 10 
9814722634
ISBN 13 
9789814722636
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
376