Postcolonial Affect
Ambiguous Relationality in Robert Casteels's L’(autre) fille aux cheveux de Bali
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11498784 |
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| Authors | Gavin S K Lee (0000-0002-5160-263X, corresponding author), Gavin Lee |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 140 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 417-443 |
| Publication date | 2015-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of the Royal Musical Association (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0269-0403 • E-ISSN: 1471-6933 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1080/02690403.2015.1075812 |
| OpenAlex | W2174796906 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 4 |
This article examines postcolonial affect as expressed in the Belgian-born Singaporean citizen Robert Casteels's L’(autre) fille aux cheveux de Bali (2002), in which it is shown that sonic identities (gamelan and Chinese instruments; quotations from Debussy and Bartók) give way to the ambiguous, modulating relationality of dis/affiliation, dis/affinity and a/proximity. Micro-changes in musical affect lead to the loosening of enculturated or acculturated emotional and perceptual responses associated with established identities. Musical affect thus serves as a corrective to neatly differentiated identities that are constructed in narratives of imperial exoticism, postcolonial autonomy or multicultural harmony
Affect · Ethnomusicology · Exoticism · Harmony (Music · Music History and Culture · Musicology and Musical Analysis · Socioeconomic Development in Asia
| Highly cited | No |
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