Sounding the center: history and aesthetics in Thai Buddhist performance/ Deborah Wong.
Material type: TextPublication details: Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2001Description: xxxiv, 348 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN: 0226905853 ; 0226905861 Subject(s): Rites and ceremonies -- Thailand -- Bangkok | Ritual -- Thailand -- Bangkok | Ethnomusicology -- Thailand -- Bangkok | Oral tradition -- Thailand -- Bangkok | Buddhist dance -- Thailand -- Bangkok | Music -- Religious aspects | Bangkok (Thailand) -- Religious life and customsDDC classification: 306.48409593Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 315-333) and index.
Conventions and Orthography
1. Men Who Become the Deity: The Thai Body in Performance, The Thai Body as History
2. Performing Wai Khruu Ritual
3. Knowledge and Power in Thai Culture: Teachers as Hermits
4. Sounding the Sacred
5. Inscribing the Wai Khruu Ritual: Two Written Accounts
6. Inheritance and Nationalism: The Social Construction of Wai Khruu Rituals in Bangkok
7. The Wai Khruu as a Gendered Cultural System
8. Conclusions: Thoughts on Change
Appendixes
A. Glossary of Terms Used
B. List of the Naa Phaat Repertoire Used in the Wai Khruu Ritual
C. The Deities of Thai Court Performance
D. Thai Instruments Mentioned in the Text
E. CD Contents
F. Guide to Commercial Recordings
Notes
References
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