Javanese Shadow Plays, Javanese Selves |
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| Author:
| Keeler, Ward |
| Series title: | Princeton Legacy Library |
| ISBN: | 978-0-691-62938-4 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2017 |
| Publisher: | Princeton University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $125.00 |
Book Description:
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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
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