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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewCo-winner, Philip Brett Award, LBTQ Study Group of the American Musicological Society (AMS), 2016. Honorable mention, Alan Merriam Prize, 2016.
"Makes important contributions to gender studies and queer studies as well as to ethnomusicology and dance ethnology. In clear language and through richly textured ethnographic work, Sunardi develops a nuanced account of an ever-changing landscape of gender ideology as it is negotiated through the study, performance, and discourse of dance in east Java."--Henry Spiller, author of
Erotic Triangles: Sundanese Dance and Masculinity in West Java"Christina Sunardi's lively and personal account of the neglected performance culture of East Java, Indonesia, interweaves the words and stories of dancers, musicians, and choreographers with an account of the complex relationship between gender, embodiment, power, tradition, and memory. Her long-term ethnographic encounters as scholar and performer have yielded a close-grained and subtle analysis of culture and tradition founded on the dynamic multiplicity and diversity of music and dance within the region. An important contribution."--Felicia Hughes-Freeland, author of
Embodied Communities: Dance Traditions and Change in Java
