Javanese performances on an Indonesian stage : contesting culture, embracing change /
Author / Creator: | Hatley, Barbara. |
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Imprint: | Honolulu : Asian Studies Association of Australia in association with University of Hawai'i Press, c2008. |
Description: | xix, 336 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
Language: | English |
Series: | Asian Studies Association of Australia. Southeast Asia publications series Southeast Asia publications series. |
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Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7311132 |
Summary: | During the dramatic economic and social transformation of late twentieth-century Indonesia, theatre in Central Java featured a familiar cast of rulers, nobles, clown servants and ordinary people. However these performances were not a repetition of age-old cultural "traditions." Instead, by stretching the framework of Javanese theatre convention, theatre troupes challenged dominant cultural and political values. As political pressures intensified in the final months of the New Order regime, these witty, critical performances drew enthusiastic, oppositionist crowds. |
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Physical Description: | xix, 336 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 319-330) and index. |
ISBN: | 9780824832957 (pbk.) 0824832957 (pbk.) |