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Like tigers around a piece of meat: The Baba style of Dondang Sayang

Book: English. Bibliographic reference
Author(s)
Thomas, Philip Lee
Title
Like tigers around a piece of meat: The Baba style of Dondang Sayang / Philip L. Thomas
Publication
Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 1986
Subjects
Didong ; Malacca
Physical description
x, 83 or. : ir., mus. ; 21 cm
Type of material
Book
ISBN / ISSN
9971-988-28-3
Throughout Malay-speaking Southeast Asia, the Malay pantun has long provided a medium for social intercourse between people of varied ethnic backgrounds. One of the most elaborate forms of pantun singing is Dondang Sayang. With a focus on Baba Chinese contributions, Like Tigers around a Piece of Meat traces the history of Dondang Sayang and analyses through texts from Singapore and Malacca how the poets achieve works of profound meaning.
Acknowledgements ...ix
Plates ...xi
Like tigers around a piece of meat ...1
1. A brief history of dondang sayang ...3
2. The tajuk system ...11
3. Songs of love: Malay dondang satang ...16
4. The deep sea: a Baba pantun sequence ...20
5. Malay anda Baba aesthetics ...24
Appendices ...37
Bibliografy ...75