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Book SynopsisThis publication brings together current scholarship that focuses on the significance of performing arts heritage of royal courts in Southeast Asia. Royal courts have long been sites for the creation, exchange, maintenance, and development of myriad forms of performing arts and other distinctive cultural expressions. The first volume, Pusaka as Documented Heritage, consists of historical case studies, contexts and developments of royal court traditions, particularly in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
Table of ContentsPreface List of Figures and Tables List of Abbreviations and Acronyms Contributors 1 Appurtenances to Power: Performing Arts and the Royal Courts of Southeast Asia Lawrence N. Ross 2 Space, Performance and Cultural Connections in Early Modern Southeast Asia Barbara Watson Andaya 3 The Role of the Elite in the Circulation of Culture in Southeast Asia Leonard Y. Andaya 4 Istana, Desa, Tariqah: Inter-court Relations of Zapin in the Malay Sultanates of Sumatra and the Malay Peninsula Mohd Anis Md Nor 5 I Madé Lebah, Legong and the Performing Arts in the Balinese Court of Peliatan David Harnish 6 Wayang Jawa (Wayang Kulit Melayu): A Shadow Play Devised by and for the Royalty of the Malay Sultanates of Kedah and Kelantan, Malaysia Patricia Matusky 7 The Nobat: From Muslim Antiquity to Malay Modernity Raja Iskandar Bin Raja Halid 8 Lanna Court Music and Performing Arts in Chiang Mai, Thailand, in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Thitipol Kanteewong 9 Inter-court Relations in the Spread of Nobat and Gamelan as Legitimacy Symbols in the Malay World (c. Thirteenth to Twentieth Centuries) Margaret Kartomi 10 Bele Bele Bejale: Exploring the Role of the Royal Courts of Kelantan, Riau-Lingga and Serdang on the Circulation and Transformation of Mak Yong in the Nusantara Patricia Ann Hardwick 11 The Sultan of Lingga’s Brass Band: Music, Politics and Memory in the Riau-Lingga Sultanate Anthea Skinner 13 Music and Dance at the Royal Courts of Cambodia Sam-Ang Sam Glossary of Non-English Terms Index
