Oral Traditions in Insular Southeast Asia:Lokaswara Nusantara

by: Aone van Engelenhoven (Editor)

Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing

Publication Date: April 16, 2024

Language: English

Print Length: 271 pages

ISBN-10: 1527560511

ISBN-13: 9781527560512

Book Description

Insular Southeast Asia is made up of six nations, which are characterised by an extraordinary diversity of cultures and languages. Consequently, oral tradition in the region is similarly heterogeneous and may be performed in poetry, storytelling, singing or a combination of all three. Its study may be perceived from various academic angles. The present edition contains eleven contributions which discuss oral tradition from different perspectives, covering ecocriticism, poetics, semiotics, linguistics, folkloristics and politics. This volume explores expressions of oral folklore from different coers of Insular Southeast Asia and exemplifies diverse and alteative approaches to oral poetry and storytelling.
Insular Southeast Asia is made up of six nations, which are characterised by an extraordinary diversity of cultures and languages. Consequently, oral tradition in the region is similarly heterogeneous and may be performed in poetry, storytelling, singing or a combination of all three. Its study may be perceived from various academic angles. The present edition contains eleven contributions which discuss oral tradition from different perspectives, covering ecocriticism, poetics, semiotics, linguistics, folkloristics and politics. This volume explores expressions of oral folklore from different coers of Insular Southeast Asia and exemplifies diverse and alteative approaches to oral poetry and storytelling. Read more