Javanese Shadow Plays, Javanese Selves / / Ward Keeler.

• VerfasserIn: Keeler, Ward,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2017]; ©1987
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Language: English
• Series: Princeton Legacy Library ; 5134
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (308 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Acknowledgments --; Introduction: On Interpreting a Javanese Art Form --; 1. Language, Power, and Asceticism --; 2. Family Relations --; 3. Village Politics --; 4. Potency, Possession, and Speech --; 5. Ritual Celebrations --; 6. The Status of Dhalang and Ritual Sponsors --; 7. The Dhalang, the Troupe, and the Tradition --; 8. The Pleasures of the Performance --; 9. On Javanese Interpretation --; 10. Conclusion --; Glossary --; Bibliography --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781400886722
• DOI: 10.1515/9781400886722
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Ward Keeler.

As with many performing arts in Asia, neither the highly stylized images of the Javanese shadow play nor its musical complexity detracts from its wide popularity. By a context-sensitive analysis of shadow-play performances, Ward Keeler shows that they fascinate so many people in Java because they dramatize consistent Javanese concerns about potency, status, and speech.Originally published in 1987.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.