Like Tigers Around a Piece of Meat: The Baba Style of Dondang Sayang
About the publication
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.
Contents
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Preliminary Pages
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Like Tigers Around a Piece of Meat
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1. A Brief History of Dondang Sayang
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2. The Tajuk System
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3. Songs of Love: Malay Dondang Sayang
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4. The Deep Sea: A Baba Pantun Sequence
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5. Malay and Baba Aesthetics
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Appendices, Bibliography
