The Encoded Cirebon Mask : Materiality, Flow, and Meaning along Java's Islamic Northwest Coast /

The Encoded Cirebon Mask : Materiality, Flow, and Meaning along Java's Islamic Northwest Coast /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Ross, Laurie Margot, author.
Imprint:	Leiden : Brill, [2016]
Description:	xvi, 374 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Studies on performing arts & literature of the Islamicate world, 2214-6563 ; volume 2 Studies on performing arts & literature of the Islamicate world ; v. 2.
Subject:	Masks -- Indonesia -- Cirebon (Kabupaten) Folk dancing -- Indonesia -- Cirebon (Kabupaten) Islamic arts -- Indonesia -- Cirebon (Kabupaten) Islam -- Indonesia -- Cirebon (Kabupaten) Civilization. Folk dancing. Islam. Islamic arts. Masks. Cirebon (Indonesia : Kabupaten) -- Civilization. Indonesia -- Cirebon (Kabupaten)
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11061235

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ISBN:	9789004311374 9004311378 9789004315211
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-337) and index.
Summary:	"Situates masks and masked dancing in the Cirebon region of Java (Indonesia) as an original expression of Islam. This is a different view from that of many scholars, who argue that canonical prohibitions on fashioning idols and imagery prove that masks are mere relics of indigenous beliefs that Muslim travelers could not eradicate. Making use of archives, oral histories, and the performing objects themselves, Ross traces the mask's trajectory from a popular entertainment in Cirebon--once a portal of global exchange--to a stimulus for establishing a deeper connection to God in late colonial Java, and eventual links to nationalism in post-independence Indonesia"--
Other form:	Online version: Ross, Laurie Margot, author. Encoded Cirebon mask. Leiden : Brill, [2016] 9789004315211

Table of Contents:

Acknowledgments
Part 2. Mystic Travelers
4. Tuning the Body: Dzikir Flows and Sonic Theism
5. Engaging the Body and the Senses
Part 3. Objects that Speak
6. Looking Closely: The Iconic Mask
7. Looking Closer: The Inner Face
8. Mapping Tarekat: Performing the Mosque/Grave Complex
Conclusion
Appendix 1. The Core Characters in the Topeng Cirebon Cosmology
Appendix 2. Fitting Susuk
List of Illustrations
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
Notes on Orthography and Transliteration
Abbreviations
Introduction
Part 1. Cultural Markers
1. The Pasisir in the Age of Steam, Sail, and the Railway
2. Independence: Registration Cards, Theme Parks, and Topeng Tours
3. Floating Artists on the Circumambulatory Road