Jika Anda merasa tak enak hati karena menyia-nyiakan hidup dengan membaca komik, maka segera baca buku klasik Scott McCloud. Mungkin Anda masih bakal merasa menyia-nyiakan hidup, tapi Anda akan tahu alasannya dan bangga karenanya.” – Matt Groening, pencipta The Simpsons. Setelah menggebrak dengan karya terdahulunya, Understanding Comics (Memahami Komik). Kini Scott McCloud menjabarkan dua …
The second collaborative effort between independent book publisher Elevation Books and hip-hop musician and historian Herry Sutresna (aka “Ucok Homicide”) has yielded another surefire hit. Flip Da Skrip is an in-depth look into the last 10 years of hip-hop that is as insightful as it is personal. Delivered with Ucok’s characteristic wit and academic-yet-personable style of prose, the b…
Shadows on the Silver Screen is the first comprehensive history of the Indonesian Cinema. Its publication begins to fill a major gap in Western film knowledge. Of all the arts, film is the most political: it is the most responsive to the political climate and the most tempting target for political manipulation. This book offers a critical look at the political and social forces which have shape…
Indonesian indie darlings. Formed by Muhammad Suar Nasution (vocals, guitar), Ade Purnama (bass), Aditya "Adhi" Ardinugraha (guitar), Yudistira "Udhi" Ardinugraha (drums) and Arief Hamdani (guitar) in 1994, they were pioneers of the Bandung indie scene. Their self-titled debut album was released in 1996, the first 5000 copies of which were sold innovatively via mail-order through a teen magazin…
From academic electronic music to do-it-yourself noise in South East Asia. Contemporary and past noise, electroacoustic, industrial, experimental music and sound art in Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar/Burma, The Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam. With political, historical and sociological essays, exclusive interviews with artists and organizers, as well as an extensive bib…
“…dari sini kita akan membaca sekitar 70 ulasan musik, sekaligus menikmati ketekunan seorang legenda hidup bernama Slamet Abdul Sjukur, yang melintasi alam pikirannya selama lebih dari 35 tahun, dengan personifikasi bahasa yang indah, ketajaman intuitif dalam membahasakan fakta musik, kejujuran dan ketegasan, tanpa kita merasa khawatir akan kehilangan esensinya. Buku ini adalah kitab perist…
For over four decades, Gilbert Sorrentino has produced brilliant, penetrating essays and reviews, each one an uncompromising statement of what is good - and what is not - in literature and culture. Something Said collects in a single volume these definitive readings of such major twentieth-century innovators as William Carlos Williams, Edward Dahlberg, Hubert Selby, John Hawkes, Flann O'Brien, …
In this eagerly anticipated book, Boris Gasparov gazes through the lens of music to find an unusual perspective on Russian cultural and literary history. He discusses six major works of Russian music from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, showing the interplay of musical texts with their literary and historical sources within the ideological and cultural contexts of their times. Each m…
Criticism and appreciation on musical performances in Indonesia, 1972-2003; collected essays.
Criticism on modern Indonesian literature.
Comprehensive, authoritative, and up-to-date, The Oxford Guide to Film Studies is an indispensable guide to the study of film. Top international contributors provide an overview of the main disciplinary approaches to film studies, an explanation of the core concepts and methods involved in film analysis, a survey of the major issues and debates in the study of film, and critical discussion of k…
It's now over twenty years since punk first pogoed its way into our consciousness. Punk Rock: So What? brings together a new generation of writers, journalists and scholars to provide the first comprehensive assessment of punk and its place in popular music history, culture and myth. Combining new research, methodologies and exclusive interviews, Punk Rock: So What? brings a fr…
This classic work, back in print for the first time in over a decade, questions the public's harsh perception of the artist, while at the same time gently poking fun at the artists' own, often inflated self-image.
Manusia itu bebas, atau ditentukan kodrat? Dari dasar lautan, Wisanggeni Sang Buronan, menyerbu kahyangan mencari jawab. Seru seperti cerita silat. Bijak seperti buku filsafat. Ringan seperti hiburan. Pernah dimuat bersambung di majalah mingguan Zaman dari edisi 21 Juli sampai 1 September 1984.
In this ambitious and venturesome book, Peter W. Rose applies the insights of Marxist theory to a number of central Greek literary and philosophical texts. He explores major points in the trajectory from Homer to Plato where the ideology of inherited excellence--beliefs about descent from gods or heroes--is elaborated and challenged. Rose offers subtle and penetrating new readings of Homer's Il…
Through criticism of British cultural studies, New Historicism and cultural materialism, Easthope examines the discipline of cultural studies as it comes out of literary studies.
'A brief survey cannot do justice to Staiger's rich, rewarding work. The writing style is refreshingly lucid, even while she negotiates complicated ideas and diverse spectator positions.'?JUMP CUT 'One of the best contemporary American film scholars over the past decade. Janet Staiger points towards new directions which the study of cinema must consider in the coming years.' --Henry Jenkins, Ma…