Intercultural intimacy: Malaysian popular music as an expression of social cohesion (1970s and 1980s)
This article applies a conceptual framework that merges interculturalism and cultural intimacy to analyse Malaysian popular music as an expression of everyday-experienced social cohesion amidst the nation-state’s ethnically diverse population. It draws on cases of intercultural intimacy foun...
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| description | This article applies a conceptual framework that merges
interculturalism and cultural intimacy to analyse Malaysian popular
music as an expression of everyday-experienced social cohesion
amidst the nation-state’s ethnically diverse population. It draws on
cases of intercultural intimacy found in the production, performance
and studio recordings of Malaysian artists and groups with attention
paid to Sudirman Arshad and the Alleycats. Sudirman was a Malay
artist who became an intercultural pop icon in Malaysia, while the
Alleycats (and other groups explored) are a band of non-Malay
musicians that appealed to a wide Malay(sian) audience. The cases
presented here uncover how Malaysian popular music, specifically
from the stage of maturing nationhood during the 1970s and 1980s,
provides an important means of intercultural cohesion among its
citizens who intersect across various ethnicities, religions and social
class. The article analyses aspects of musical production (style,
genre, aesthetics) and musical-textual content (lyrics) from studio
recordings as well as related contexts of performance (live shows,
concerts). The intercultural and affective dynamics of these artists
and groups highlight how Malaysian popular music offers intimate,
creative expressions that enable processes of everyday-experienced
social cohesion. |
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| spelling | oai:generic.eprints.org:171002021-07-19T07:31:18Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/17100/ Intercultural intimacy: Malaysian popular music as an expression of social cohesion (1970s and 1980s) Adil Johan, This article applies a conceptual framework that merges interculturalism and cultural intimacy to analyse Malaysian popular music as an expression of everyday-experienced social cohesion amidst the nation-state’s ethnically diverse population. It draws on cases of intercultural intimacy found in the production, performance and studio recordings of Malaysian artists and groups with attention paid to Sudirman Arshad and the Alleycats. Sudirman was a Malay artist who became an intercultural pop icon in Malaysia, while the Alleycats (and other groups explored) are a band of non-Malay musicians that appealed to a wide Malay(sian) audience. The cases presented here uncover how Malaysian popular music, specifically from the stage of maturing nationhood during the 1970s and 1980s, provides an important means of intercultural cohesion among its citizens who intersect across various ethnicities, religions and social class. The article analyses aspects of musical production (style, genre, aesthetics) and musical-textual content (lyrics) from studio recordings as well as related contexts of performance (live shows, concerts). The intercultural and affective dynamics of these artists and groups highlight how Malaysian popular music offers intimate, creative expressions that enable processes of everyday-experienced social cohesion. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2020-12 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/17100/1/44778-144098-1-SM.pdf Adil Johan, (2020) Intercultural intimacy: Malaysian popular music as an expression of social cohesion (1970s and 1980s). Jebat: Malaysian Journal of History, Politics and Strategic Studies, 47 (3). pp. 191-213. ISSN 2180-0251 https://ejournal.ukm.my/jebat/issue/view/1361 |
| spellingShingle | Adil Johan, Intercultural intimacy: Malaysian popular music as an expression of social cohesion (1970s and 1980s) |
| title | Intercultural intimacy: Malaysian popular music as an expression of social cohesion (1970s and 1980s) |
| title_full | Intercultural intimacy: Malaysian popular music as an expression of social cohesion (1970s and 1980s) |
| title_fullStr | Intercultural intimacy: Malaysian popular music as an expression of social cohesion (1970s and 1980s) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Intercultural intimacy: Malaysian popular music as an expression of social cohesion (1970s and 1980s) |
| title_short | Intercultural intimacy: Malaysian popular music as an expression of social cohesion (1970s and 1980s) |
| title_sort | intercultural intimacy: malaysian popular music as an expression of social cohesion (1970s and 1980s) |
| url | http://journalarticle.ukm.my/17100/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/17100/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/17100/1/44778-144098-1-SM.pdf |