Performing Arts and the Royal Courts of Southeast Asia, Volume One

Mayco A. Santaella is Associate Professor at the Department of Film and Performing Arts and Associate Dean (International) for the School of Arts at Sunway University. He is the co-editor of Made in Nusantara: Studies in Popular Music (Routledge, 2021) and editor of Popular Music in East and Southeast Asia: Sonic (under)Currents and Currencies (Sunway University Press, 2022).

Preface

List of Figures and Tables

List of Abbreviations and Acronyms

Contributors



1 Appurtenances to Power: Performing Arts and the Royal Courts of Southeast Asia

 Lawrence N. Ross



2 Space, Performance and Cultural Connections in Early Modern Southeast Asia

 Barbara Watson Andaya



3 The Role of the Elite in the Circulation of Culture in Southeast Asia

 Leonard Y. Andaya



4 Istana, Desa, Tariqah: Inter-court Relations of Zapin in the Malay Sultanates of Sumatra and the Malay Peninsula

 Mohd Anis Md Nor



5 I Madé Lebah, Legong and the Performing Arts in the Balinese Court of Peliatan

 David Harnish



6 Wayang Jawa (Wayang Kulit Melayu): A Shadow Play Devised by and for the Royalty of the Malay Sultanates of Kedah and Kelantan, Malaysia

 Patricia Matusky



7 The Nobat: From Muslim Antiquity to Malay Modernity

 Raja Iskandar Bin Raja Halid



8 Lanna Court Music and Performing Arts in Chiang Mai, Thailand, in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries

 Thitipol Kanteewong



9 Inter-court Relations in the Spread of Nobat and Gamelan as Legitimacy Symbols in the Malay World (c. Thirteenth to Twentieth Centuries)

 Margaret Kartomi



10 Bele Bele Bejale: Exploring the Role of the Royal Courts of Kelantan, Riau-Lingga and Serdang on the Circulation and Transformation of Mak Yong in the Nusantara

 Patricia Ann Hardwick



11 The Sultan of Lingga’s Brass Band: Music, Politics and Memory in the Riau-Lingga Sultanate

 Anthea Skinner



13 Music and Dance at the Royal Courts of Cambodia

 Sam-Ang Sam



Glossary of Non-English Terms

Index