Description:Written by both scholars and performers, the nearly two-dozen essays that comprise this volume examine performance events in contemporary contexts to show how performances are involved in the changing sociocultural climate, economy, and politics of Indonesia. Issues include the life and work of performers; changing performance aesthetics; changes in ritual functions; interaction with mass media; local identity; gender; and the epistemologies and politics of writing on performance in the colonial and postcolonial periods.The book is an excellent introduction to a fascinating subject, and will prove valuable not only to those working on performance studies, cultural theory, anthropology, and Asian studies, but also to anyone who simply wants to know something about a very highly developed form of art that is crucially important to understanding Indonesian society.Jan Mrázek is a postdoctoral researcher at Leiden University.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Puppet Theater in Contemporary Indonesia: New Approaches to Performance Events (Volume 50) (Michigan Papers On South And Southeast Asia). To get started finding Puppet Theater in Contemporary Indonesia: New Approaches to Performance Events (Volume 50) (Michigan Papers On South And Southeast Asia), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
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Puppet Theater in Contemporary Indonesia: New Approaches to Performance Events (Volume 50) (Michigan Papers On South And Southeast Asia)
Description: Written by both scholars and performers, the nearly two-dozen essays that comprise this volume examine performance events in contemporary contexts to show how performances are involved in the changing sociocultural climate, economy, and politics of Indonesia. Issues include the life and work of performers; changing performance aesthetics; changes in ritual functions; interaction with mass media; local identity; gender; and the epistemologies and politics of writing on performance in the colonial and postcolonial periods.The book is an excellent introduction to a fascinating subject, and will prove valuable not only to those working on performance studies, cultural theory, anthropology, and Asian studies, but also to anyone who simply wants to know something about a very highly developed form of art that is crucially important to understanding Indonesian society.Jan Mrázek is a postdoctoral researcher at Leiden University.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Puppet Theater in Contemporary Indonesia: New Approaches to Performance Events (Volume 50) (Michigan Papers On South And Southeast Asia). To get started finding Puppet Theater in Contemporary Indonesia: New Approaches to Performance Events (Volume 50) (Michigan Papers On South And Southeast Asia), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.