{"product_id":"music-of-the-baduy-people-wim-van-zanten-9789004424401","title":"Music of the Baduy People of Western Java: Singing Is a Medicine","description":"\u003ci\u003eMusic of the Baduy People of Western Java: Singing is a Medicine\u003c\/i\u003e by Wim van Zanten is about music and dance of the indigenous group of the Baduy, consisting of about twelve-thousand people living in western Java. It covers music for rice rituals, for circumcisions and weddings, and music for entertainment. The book includes many photographs and several discussed audio-visual examples that can be found on DOI: 10.6084\/m9.figshare.c.5170520.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Baduy are suppposed to live a simple, ascetic life. However, there is a shortage of agricultural land and there are many temptations from the changing world around them. Little has been published on Baduy music and dance. Wim van Zanten's book seeks to fill this lacuna and is based on short periods of fieldwork from 1976 to 2016.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Wim Van Zanten\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9004424407\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789004424401\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Brill\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/17\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 396\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.68lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.10w x 0.94d","brand":"Wim Van Zanten","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48446521639167,"sku":"9789004424401","price":210.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_774b33ff-c075-41c6-addf-b921be41e00f.jpg?v=1777225196","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/music-of-the-baduy-people-wim-van-zanten-9789004424401","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}