Osing Kids and the banners of Blambangan Ethnolinguistic identity and the regional past as ambient themes in an East Javanese town
On the basis of the theoretical notions of discursive ambience and ambient discourse, this article examines the recent history of language and ethnicity in Banyuwangi in the far east of Java. Over the last three decades (with roots going back to the 1920s and earlier) a redefinition of the language...
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Universitas Indonesia, Faculty of Humanities
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| description | On the basis of the theoretical notions of discursive ambience and ambient discourse, this article examines the recent history of language and ethnicity in Banyuwangi in the far east of Java. Over the last three decades (with roots going back to the 1920s and earlier) a redefinition of the language and culture of the "autochthonous" inhabitants of Banyuwangi has been occurring. Their status and constitution have been changing from a variety of Javanese into an autonomous language and ethnicity, called, after the name given to the language or dialect, Osing. At the same time, an idyllic and heroic picture of the regional past is being constructed and maintained. Prominent among the factors and agencies involved in these two ongoing processes is popular media culture. The regency of Banyuwangi and especially its capital (also named Banyuwangi) are being cast - albeit sporadically and incidentally and sometimes controversially - as an Osing region. At the centre of this historical process, people publicly render themselves - also sporadically and temporarily - Banyuwanginese by listening to and especially by singing, in karaoke-style, a genre of pop music with Osing lyrics and musical characteristics perceived as local. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0f0f4f5262d74068adc455c07331a7e92023-07-12T01:41:52ZengUniversitas Indonesia, Faculty of HumanitiesWacana: Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia1411-22722407-68992009-04-0111110.17510/wjhi.v11i1.142Osing Kids and the banners of Blambangan Ethnolinguistic identity and the regional past as ambient themes in an East Javanese townBernard Arps0Leiden UniversityOn the basis of the theoretical notions of discursive ambience and ambient discourse, this article examines the recent history of language and ethnicity in Banyuwangi in the far east of Java. Over the last three decades (with roots going back to the 1920s and earlier) a redefinition of the language and culture of the "autochthonous" inhabitants of Banyuwangi has been occurring. Their status and constitution have been changing from a variety of Javanese into an autonomous language and ethnicity, called, after the name given to the language or dialect, Osing. At the same time, an idyllic and heroic picture of the regional past is being constructed and maintained. Prominent among the factors and agencies involved in these two ongoing processes is popular media culture. The regency of Banyuwangi and especially its capital (also named Banyuwangi) are being cast - albeit sporadically and incidentally and sometimes controversially - as an Osing region. At the centre of this historical process, people publicly render themselves - also sporadically and temporarily - Banyuwanginese by listening to and especially by singing, in karaoke-style, a genre of pop music with Osing lyrics and musical characteristics perceived as local.https://scholarhub.ui.ac.id/wacana/vol11/iss1/1languagespaceand placediscursive ambienceambient discourselinguistic landscapeaudioscapepopular musicthematicsmediationregionalismethnolinguistic identitylocal historypatriotismbanyuwangi |
| spellingShingle | Bernard Arps Osing Kids and the banners of Blambangan Ethnolinguistic identity and the regional past as ambient themes in an East Javanese town Wacana: Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia language space and place discursive ambience ambient discourse linguistic landscape audioscape popular music thematics mediation regionalism ethnolinguistic identity local history patriotism banyuwangi |
| title | Osing Kids and the banners of Blambangan Ethnolinguistic identity and the regional past as ambient themes in an East Javanese town |
| title_full | Osing Kids and the banners of Blambangan Ethnolinguistic identity and the regional past as ambient themes in an East Javanese town |
| title_fullStr | Osing Kids and the banners of Blambangan Ethnolinguistic identity and the regional past as ambient themes in an East Javanese town |
| title_full_unstemmed | Osing Kids and the banners of Blambangan Ethnolinguistic identity and the regional past as ambient themes in an East Javanese town |
| title_short | Osing Kids and the banners of Blambangan Ethnolinguistic identity and the regional past as ambient themes in an East Javanese town |
| title_sort | osing kids and the banners of blambangan ethnolinguistic identity and the regional past as ambient themes in an east javanese town |
| topic | language space and place discursive ambience ambient discourse linguistic landscape audioscape popular music thematics mediation regionalism ethnolinguistic identity local history patriotism banyuwangi |
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