Expressing Alternative Modernities in a New Nation through Iban Popular Music, 1960s–1970s

• Main Authors: Connie Lim, Keh Nie, Made Mantle, Hood
• Other Authors: Zawawi, Ibrahim
• Format: Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Springer 2021
• Subjects: M Music; ML Literature of music
• Online Access: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/36484/1/modernities1.pdf; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/36484/; https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-981-33-4568-3_15; https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-33-4568-3_15
• Institution: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak

The Iban are the largest indigenous ethnic group in Sarawak, Malaysia, constituting nearly a third of the state’s total population. They have experienced various forms of modernity since the Brooke Raj established the British colonial presence in 1841, through to its status as a British Crown col...