They cover nearly the whole ‘world of silat’, including Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei Darussalam, southern Thailand, and overseas transplants. The twelve contributors combine approaches from ethnomusicology, ethnochoreology, anthropology, and performance studies. One of the greatest strengths of this book is its broad-yet-deep approach, which is unlikely to have been possible as a single, double, or even triple-author monograph. ' The Fighting Art of Pencak Silat and Its Music is a fine example of how martial arts studies can encompass musical (and choreographic) considerations alongside issues of culture, society, religion, ritual, media, politics, nationalism, identity, gender, and embodiment.
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