TY  - BOOK
AU  - Thomas,Philip
AU  - Thomas,Phillip L.
TI  - Like Tigers Around a Piece of Meat: The Baba Style of Dondang Sayang 
SN  - 9789971988289
PY  - 1986///]
CY  - Singapore : 
PB  - ISEAS Publishing, 
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / General
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - 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; restricted access; Issued also in print
N2  - 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
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1355/9789814377782
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