Distant Drums And Thunderous Cannon: Sounding Authority In Traditional Malay Society

Pre-modern Malay society was intensely oral and aural, and the texts that are now read were always intended for group recitation and performance. Studies of auditory history in other societies have emphasised that in the past, sounds were experienced differently from the way they are heard today. At...

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Main Author: Andaya, Barbara Watson (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Penerbit Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM Press), 2011.
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