Sounding the Center - History and Aesthetics in Thai Buddhist Performance

Zusammenfassung

This work investigates the power behind classical music and dance in Bangkok, the capital and sacred center of Buddhist Thailand. Focusing on the ritual of honouring teachers of music and dance, Deborah Wong reveals a complex network of connections among kings, teachers, knowledge and performance.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Deborah Wong, Wong Deborah
• Verlag: University Presses
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 15.08.2001
• EAN: 9780226905860
• ISBN: 978-0-226-90586-0
• Seiten: 336
• Abmessung: 15 mm x 23 mm x 3 mm
• Gewicht: 567 g
• Serie: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology CSE
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Religion/Theologie > Weitere Religionen; Thailand, Dance, Cultural Studies, RELIGION / Buddhism / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, MUSIC / Religious / General, MUSIC / Ethnic, PERFORMING ARTS / Dance / General, Buddhism, World Music, Other performing arts, Other global and regional music styles, Dance & Other Performing Arts, Sacred and religious music, Sacred & Religious Music