"Calling Back the Spirit" describes how, in the face of Indonesian and foreign cultural pressures, the Makassarese people of South Sulawesi are defending their local spirit through music and dance. The book examines the ways performers in this corner of Indonesia seek to empower local music and dance in a changing environment. Investigating a wide range of performance genres, contexts and issues, the book argues that local performing arts, from village ritual to commercial pop, form part of the complex cultural discourse in which local sensibilities continually ressert themselves in the context of larger hegemonies.
- ISBN10 0195112369
- ISBN13 9780195112368
- Publish Date 5 September 2002
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 4 September 2009
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Oxford University Press Inc
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 296
- Language English