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A Keen Critic Of Culture In Modern Indonesia, Andrew N. Weintraub Shows How A Genre Of Indonesian Music Called Dangdut Evolved From A Debased Form Of Urban Popular Music To A Prominent Role In Indonesian Cultural Politics And The Commercial Music Industry. Dangdut Stories Is A Social And Musical History Of Dangdut Within A Range Of Broader Narratives About Class, Gender, Ethnicity, And Nation In Post-independence Indonesia (1945-present).