Sounding the Center

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Sounding the Center is written by Deborah Wong and published by University of Chicago Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0226905853 (ISBN 10) and 9780226905853 (ISBN 13).

Sounding the Center is an in-depth look at the power behind classical music and dance in Bangkok, the capital and sacred center of Buddhist Thailand. Focusing on the ritual honoring teachers of music and dance, Deborah Wong reveals a complex network of connections among kings, teachers, knowledge, and performance that underlies the classical court arts. Drawing on her extensive fieldwork, Wong lays out the ritual in detail: the way it is enacted, the foods and objects involved, and the people who perform it, emphasizing the way the performers themselves discuss and construct aspects of the ceremony.