Shadow and Sound : the Historical Thought of a Sumatran people

Shadow and Sound: The Historical Thought of a Sumatran People (1979) by James Siegel examines how the Acehnese of Northern Sumatra understand their history through poetry, folklore, and performance rather than fixed, linear records. Siegel argues this thought is marked by a flow of words, rhythm, and sound that renders the past "immune" or detached from historical fact, focusing instead on internal expression and cultural frameworks

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