| ID | 124295 |
| Title Proper | Southeast Asia in the age of jazz |
| Other Title Information | locating popular culture in the colonial Philippines and Indonesia |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Keppy, Peter |
| Publication | 2013. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Referencing insights from Cultural Studies and taking a jazz-age perspective, this essay aims to historicise and 'locate the popular' in colonial Indonesia and the Philippines. A new cultural era dawned in the 1920s urban hubs of Southeast Asia, associated with the creation of novel forms of vernacular literature, theatre, music and their consumption via the print press, gramophone, radio broadcasting and cinema. By investigating the complex relationship between the elusive phenomena of modernity, cosmopolitanism and nationalism as articulated by two pioneering artists active in commercial music and theatre, the social significance of popular culture is scrutinised. |
| `In' analytical Note | Journal of South East Asian Studies Vol.44, No.3; 2013: p.444-464 |
| Journal Source | Journal of South East Asian Studies Vol.44, No.3; 2013: p.444-464 |
| Key Words | Colonial Age ; Age of Jazz ; Southeast Asia ; ASEAN ; Colonial Philippines ; Colonial Indonesia ; Indonesia ; Philippines ; History - 19th Century ; History - 20th Century ; Cultural Revolutions ; Social Changes ; Culture and Traditions ; Cebu City ; Borromeo Lou ; China ; 17th Century |