Javanese shadow plays, Javanese selves / Ward Keeler.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Keeler, Ward, author.

Series:

y library.

Princeton Legacy Library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wayang.

Shadow shows--Indonesia--Java.

Shadow shows.

Ethnology--Indonesia--Java.

Ethnology.

Java (Indonesia)--Social life and customs.

Java (Indonesia).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (308 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 2017.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

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.

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

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780691629384

0691629382

9780691609874

069160987X

OCLC:

988085628