Tales of the Southeast Asian Jazz Age
Filipinos, Indonesians and Popular Culture, 1920-1936
Distributed for National University of Singapore Press
“...a scientific, well-researched study…Peter Keppy has written a particularly interesting book about the role of popular culture in two countries. The influence of western and contemporary pop culture - as is evident from this study - played a much greater role in building local national consciousness than was previously assumed. An emancipating, identity-giving and therefore also political role. It unmistakably shows what the power of music consists of and how it can contribute to broad changes with great significance.”
Music: Ethnomusicology
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