Javanese Shadow Plays, Javanese Selves / / 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 dr...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2017] ©1987 |
| Year of Publication: | 2017 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Princeton Legacy Library ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (308 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- 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