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Grounded cosmopolitans and the bureaucratic field: musical performance at two Yogyakarta state institutions.
From:
SOJOURN: Journal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia
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October 1, 2006| Author:
Richter, Martin
| COPYRIGHT 2006 Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS). This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information
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Drawing on ethnographic research in Yogyakarta (Indonesia) in 2001, this article discusses two musical events with clear political dimensions. It seeks to broaden the parameters of discussion on music and politics by engaging two theoretical perspectives. The first, Bourdieu's bureaucratic field, highlights various "species of capital"; the second, grounded cosmopolitanism, considers attitudes, practices, and outcomes not easily explained within a framework of political contestation. The ca...
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