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Like Tigers Around a Piece of Meat : The Baba Style of Dondang Sayang / Philip Thomas.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Singapore : ISEAS Publishing, [1986]Copyright date: ©1986Description: 1 online resource (83 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9789971988289
  • 9789814377782
Subject(s): Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Like Tigers Around a Piece of Meat -- 1. A Brief History of Dondang Sayang -- 2. The Tajuk System -- 3. Songs of Love: Malay Dondang Sayang -- 4. The Deep Sea: ABaba Pantun Sequence -- 5. Malay and Baba Aesthetics -- Appendices -- Bibliography -- THE AUTHOR
Summary: Throughout Malay-speaking Southeast Asia, the Malay pantun has long provided a medium for social intercourse between people of varied ethnic backgrounds. One of the most elaborate forms of pantun singing is Dondang Sayang. With a focus on Baba Chinese contributions, Like Tigers around a Piece of Meat traces the history of Dondang Sayang and analyses through texts from Singapore and Malacca how the poets achieve works of profound meaning.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9789814377782

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Like Tigers Around a Piece of Meat -- 1. A Brief History of Dondang Sayang -- 2. The Tajuk System -- 3. Songs of Love: Malay Dondang Sayang -- 4. The Deep Sea: ABaba Pantun Sequence -- 5. Malay and Baba Aesthetics -- Appendices -- Bibliography -- THE AUTHOR

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Throughout Malay-speaking Southeast Asia, the Malay pantun has long provided a medium for social intercourse between people of varied ethnic backgrounds. One of the most elaborate forms of pantun singing is Dondang Sayang. With a focus on Baba Chinese contributions, Like Tigers around a Piece of Meat traces the history of Dondang Sayang and analyses through texts from Singapore and Malacca how the poets achieve works of profound meaning.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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