Made in Nusantara serves as a comprehensive introduction to the history, sociology, ethnography and musicology of historical and contemporary popular music in maritime Southeast Asia.

Introduction - Popular Music as a Means of Conceptualising the Nusantara - Adil Johan, Mayco A. Santaella; Issues in Nusantara Popular Music; 1 - Revisiting the 'traditional' and the 'popular' in Maritime Southeast Asia: Towards a Nusantara Popular Praxis -Mayco A. Santaella; 2 - Colonialism and Identity: A Short History of Popular Music in the Philippines - Felicidad A. Prudente; 3 - The (De-) and (Re-) Mythification of OPM: Decentering a Popular Music Sign - Krina Cayabyab; 4 - Popularizing Malaysian Cultures through the Music Industry and Music Education - Shahanum Mohd. Shah; History; 5 - Revisiting Post-Cultural Imperialism: Singing Vernacular Modernity and Hybridity through the Lagu Melayu in British Malaya - Tan Sooi Beng; 6 - Acoustic Epistemologies and Early Sound Recordings in the Nusantara Region: Phonography, Archive, and the Birth of Ethnomusicology - meLê yamomo; 7 - Bodabil Music in the Rise of the American Empire - Arwin Q. Tan; 8 - Songs for and of the Youth: Mapping Trends in Philippine Popular Music, 1900-2000 - Verne de la Peña; Artistes and Genres; 9 - Singapore Arts Icon or Malay Nationalist? Mobilising Zubir Said Across the Causeway - Adil Johan; 10 - The Popularisation and Contestation of Dangdut Koplo in the Indonesian Music Industry - Michael H.B. Raditya; 11 - KL Sing Song: Alternative Voices in the Kuala Lumpur Singer-Songwriter Circuit (2000 - 2009) - Azmyl Yusof @ Azmyl Yunor; 12 - Hijrah and the rise of Nasyid Kontemporari in Malaysia - Raja Iskandar Bin Raja Halid; National vs Local Industries; 13 - Branding the Nation Through Ahmad Nawab's "Malaysia Truly Asia" - Shazlin Amir Hamzah; 14 - The Indonesian Popular Music Industry: Navigating Shadows of Politics and Cultural Uncertainty - Citra Aryandari; 15 - More than Mimicry: Alternative Modernities in the Birth and Development of Iban Popular Music - Connie Lim Keh Nie; 16 - Transcultural Commodities: A Comparative Analysis of Sama-Bajau Popular Musics in Maritime Southeast Asia - Bernard Ellorin; Coda Global Movements, Local Sounds: Nusantara Music and Artistes Overseas - Paul Augustin, Adil Johan; Afterword Bercerita (Sharing Stories) with M. Nasir, Joey Ayala, Dwiki Dharmawan and Pra Budi Dharma on Nusantara Popular Music - Raja Iskandar Bin Raja Halid, Mayco A. Santaella