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BEN ARPS Since the seventies, Indonesia has seen an enormous expansion of the audio cassette industry. Besides companies issuing pirated copies (bajakan) of foreign recordings, and those producing Indonesian pop music, a number of companies are specializing in traditional musical and theatrical form...

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Published in:Bijdragen tot de taal-, land- en volkenkunde land- en volkenkunde, 1988, Vol.144 (2/3), p.353
Main Authors: Andaya, Leonard Y, Noorduyn, J, Arps, Ben, Yampolsky, Philip, Victoria M Clara van Groenendael, Keeler, Ward, Jean Gelman Taylor, Blussé, Leonard, Houben, VJH, RB van de Weijer, J van Goor, Jaquet, FGP, Th van den End, Jordaan, R E
Format: Review
Language:English
Subjects:
Business
Discographies
Musical recordings
Politics
Self concept
Semiotics
Society
Southeast Asian studies
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Summary:BEN ARPS Since the seventies, Indonesia has seen an enormous expansion of the audio cassette industry. Besides companies issuing pirated copies (bajakan) of foreign recordings, and those producing Indonesian pop music, a number of companies are specializing in traditional musical and theatrical forms. In any case, the author's 'region' constitutes the only recognized entity with territorial status in Kalinga society. Since a 'region' not only represents a more or less endogamous unit, but can also enter into a form of non-aggression pact with other 'regions', it plays a very important role in the identity of a Kalinga individual. First the sign of uneasiness may indeed be indicative of a society whose ritual leaders must have been fully aware of the growing tension between their ideal image of the stranger-King as incorporated in their cosmic model and the actual political situation evolving around them. [...]it may we 11 be the conclusion of a researcher who, more than a decade later, has the benefit of hindsight and is sadly aware of the damage inflicted upon 'her' people, who live only 40 km south of Dili.
ISSN:0006-2294
2213-4379