Retuning Javanese Identities

The Ironies of a Popular Genre

Bibliographic Data

ID5260170
AuthorsNancy I Cooper (corresponding author)
Year2015
Volume46
Issue2
Pages55-88
Publication date2015-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAsian Music (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0044-9202 • E-ISSN: 1553-5630
PublisherProject MUSE (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1353/amu.2015.0016
OpenAlexW2151630939
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited19

In this ethnographic analysis of the popular Javanese-Indonesian fusion genre campur sari , I focus on embedded cultural meanings while following the career trajectory of the late popularizer of the genre, Manthou's [ sic ]. A key site of contention lies in the choice of either indigenous or Western tuning systems by particular performing groups. Their choices reveal ambivalence toward modernization itself, resulting not only in renewed identities and musical fusions but also in alternative modernities. Ironically, gamelan musicians who play campur sari may also be preserving their treasured traditional music in an era in which social and economic support for classical genres is declining. Ini analisa etnografi tentang aliran musik Jawa-Indonesia campur sari. Saya akan menyetel lensa terhadap arti budaya dalam secara serempak ikut karir Manthou's, yang bikin populer musik hiburan tersebut. Tempat pertandingan penting adalah pilihan laras Jawa atau laras Barat oleh bermacam rombongan-rombongan campur sari. Pilihan mereka menyatakan dua perasaan yang bertentangan terhadap modernisasi yang mengakibatkan tidak hanya identias baru dan music perpaduan, tetapi kemoderan cadangan. Yang ironis bahwa niyaga gamelan yang main campur sari boleh juga cagar musik adi luhung di jaman ketika sokongan atas aliran klasik menurun

Aesthetics · Ambivalence · Art · Ethnography · Indigenous · Indonesian · Linguistics · Literature · Modernization theory · Musical · Political science · Sociology · Anthropology · Asian Studies and History · Music History and Culture · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies

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