{"product_id":"missionaries-anthropologists-and-music-in-the-indonesian-archipelago-paperback","title":"Missionaries, Anthropologists, and Music in the Indonesian Archipelago - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAnna Maria Busse Berger\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eHenry Spiller\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Although the history of Indonesian music has received much attention from ethnomusicologists and Western composers alike, almost nothing has been written on the interaction of missionaries with local culture. This study represents the first attempt to concentrate on the musical dimension of missionary activities in Indonesia. In fourteen essays, a group of distinguished scholars show the complexity of the topic: while some missionaries did important scholarship on local music, making recordings and attempting to use local music in services, others tried to suppress whatever they found. Many were collaborating closely with anthropologists who admitted freely that they could not have done their work without them. And both parties brought colonial biases into their work. By grappling with these realities and records, this book is a collective effort to decolonize the project of making music histories.\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eExamining anew the value of the documentation that missionaries accomplished, their interactions with the people and places they occupied, and their relationships with other kinds of observers, this volume is a much-needed corrective and an absolutely fascinating read that enriches the ethnomusicology of Indonesia and beyond.--Anne K. Rasmussen, author of \u003ci\u003eWomen, the Recited Qur'an, and Islamic Music in Indonesia\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"This fascinating collection of essays by historians, musicologists, literary scholars, and ethnomusicologists from around the world not only opens up the neglected history of Hindu, Buddhist, Muslim, and Christian missionization of the Indonesian archipelago, but also contributes to the decolonizing of its historiography. The book's wealth of data reveals new historical connections and insights that will confound conventional understandings of the region.\"--Margaret Kartomi, author of \u003ci\u003eMusical Journeys in Sumatra\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnna Maria Busse Berger\u003c\/b\u003e is Distinguished Professor of Music emerita at the University of California, Davis and the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Search for Medieval Music in Africa and Germany\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMedieval Music and the Art of Memory\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eMensuration and Proportion Signs\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eHenry Spiller\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Music emeritus at the University of California, Davis and the author of \u003ci\u003eErotic Triangles\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Javaphilia\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Archaic Instruments in Modern West Java\u003c\/i\u003e, and\u003ci\u003e Focus: Gamelan Music of Indonesia\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 348\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.94 x 8.9 x 5.98 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 18, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47520005292253,"sku":"9780520400566","price":75.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/96JKDzxowk9780520400566.webp?v=1772235359","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/missionaries-anthropologists-and-music-in-the-indonesian-archipelago-paperback","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}