The Fighting Art of <i>Pencak Silat</i> and its Music

Erscheinungsjahr 2016
ISBN: 978-90-04-30874-9
Verlag: Koninklijke Brill BV

Buch, Englisch, 438 Seiten, Format (B × H): 159 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 792 g

Reihe: Brill

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'.
An ancillary media companion website (www.bits4culture.org/pencaksilatandmusic/) is part of this work. Login authorisation information is included in the book.
Contributors include: Bussakorn Binson, Jean-Marc de Grave, Gisa Jähnichen, Margaret Kartomi, Zahara Kamal, Indija Mahjoeddin, Ako Mashino, Paul H. Mason, Uwe U. Paetzold, Kirstin Pauka, Henry Spiller and Sean Williams.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Paetzold, Uwe U.

Mason, Paul H.

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Regionalwissenschaften, Regionalstudien
• Sozialwissenschaften Sport | Tourismus | Freizeit Sport Kampfsportarten, Selbstverteidigung Ostasiatische Kampfkünste
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Musikgattungen Volksmusik
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte

Über Autor(innen)

Uwe U. Paetzold, Ph.D. (1998 University of Cologne) is lecturer at the Robert Schumann University of Music, Düsseldorf. He has published books, articles and video documentions on the music and performance cultures related to the Fighting Art pencak silat.

Paul H. Mason, Ph.D. (2012) is a postdoctoral research fellow at the Woolcock Institute,University of Sydney. From choreomusicology to cultural evolution, Paul has conducted a rich mixture of laboratory, field and archival research and published in leading academic journals.