TY - BOOK
T1 - The Fighting Art of Pencak Silat and Its Music:
T2 - From Southeast Asian Village to Global Movement
A2 - Mason, Paul Howard
A2 - Paetzold, Uwe U.
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - Fighting arts have their own beauty, internal philosophy, and are connected to cultural worlds in meaningful and important ways. Combining approaches from ethnomusicology, ethnochoreology, performance theory and anthropology, the distinguishing feature of this book is that it highlights the centrality of the pluripotent art form of pencak silat among Southeast Asian arts and its importance to a network of traditional and modern performing arts in Southeast Asia and beyond. By doing so, important layers of local concepts on performing arts, ethics, society, spirituality, and personal life conduct are de-mystified. With a distinct change in the way we view Southeast Asia, this book provides a wealth of information about a complex of performing arts related to the so-called 'world of silat'.
AB - Fighting arts have their own beauty, internal philosophy, and are connected to cultural worlds in meaningful and important ways. Combining approaches from ethnomusicology, ethnochoreology, performance theory and anthropology, the distinguishing feature of this book is that it highlights the centrality of the pluripotent art form of pencak silat among Southeast Asian arts and its importance to a network of traditional and modern performing arts in Southeast Asia and beyond. By doing so, important layers of local concepts on performing arts, ethics, society, spirituality, and personal life conduct are de-mystified. With a distinct change in the way we view Southeast Asia, this book provides a wealth of information about a complex of performing arts related to the so-called 'world of silat'.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/84979610114
U2 - 10.1163/9789004308756
DO - 10.1163/9789004308756
M3 - Edited Book
AN - SCOPUS:84979610114
SN - 9789004308749
VL - 5
T3 - Brill’s Southeast Asian Library
BT - The Fighting Art of Pencak Silat and Its Music:
PB - Brill
CY - Leiden The Netherlands
ER -