Atjeh was a kingdom in northern Sumatra which had a long history of rebellion and unrest. As a Mulim Sultanate from the sixteenth to the nineteenth century, Atjeh engaged in internal political struggle. Since the nineteenth century, Atjeh has been under Dutch, Japanese, or Indonesian control - domination to which the Atjeh never passively yielded. In Shadow and Sound James Siegel arges that the Atjehnese view of history, as expressed in the language of their epic poetry, is based not on the fixing of historical fact, but ...
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Atjeh was a kingdom in northern Sumatra which had a long history of rebellion and unrest. As a Mulim Sultanate from the sixteenth to the nineteenth century, Atjeh engaged in internal political struggle. Since the nineteenth century, Atjeh has been under Dutch, Japanese, or Indonesian control - domination to which the Atjeh never passively yielded. In Shadow and Sound James Siegel arges that the Atjehnese view of history, as expressed in the language of their epic poetry, is based not on the fixing of historical fact, but on a flow of words that is actually immune to the past. Siegel traces the Atjehnese treatment of history through two epics and a folktale. In his interpretation he goes beyond the idea tht texts such as these are semi-accurate historical documents to show tht tempo, rhythm, rhyme, and melody replace the significance of the content. Furthermore, he uncovers which Atjehnese frameworks - native genres ranging from dream interpretation to conventions of braggadocio - illuminate their own sense of history. Siegel first translates one of the important remaining epics on a historical topic, the Hikajat Potjoet Moehamat , and provides an analysis based on the narratve, prosodic structure and his observation of the recitation of epics. He then translates and analyzes two other pieces: a tale entitled Si Meuseukin's Wedding and another epic, the last popular one, Hikajat Prang Sabil . Finally he indicates how a similar treatment of history continues in present-day Atjeh. The analyses demonstrate that in the context of centuries of violence and disruption the Atjehnese have maintained an ability to speak of the past in such ways that it is turned into triumph, not by dwelling on heroic victories but by controlling language. Siegel's way of looking at the relationship between history and literature will be valuable not only in anthropology but in literary history and comparative studies in literature and politics as well.
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Textual table; facsimile seal. Minor rubbing, VG., dustwrapper. 22x14cm, x, 284 pp. Contents: Introduction: Lists & Seals; The Governor's Predecessors; ' Hikajat Potjoet Moehamat': The Epic; 'Hikajat Potjoet Moehamat': The Writing in the Wall; "Fathers" and "Sons"; The Figure of Potjoet Moehamat; The House, the Letter, and the Prince; Prosody, Writing, and Recitation. ' Si Meuseukin's Wedding': The Pleasure in Writing; 'Hikajat Prang Sabil': The Literature of the Holy War; The Atjehnese War; Paradise in Popular Literature; The Injunction of the Holy War; The Signification of Paradise; Style and Signification; The Politics of Displacement; Epilogue: History in Atjeh Today.
