Leather gods & wooden heroes : Java's classical wayang more books like this

by David Irvine

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Shadows of Empire - PB more books like this

by Laurie Jo Sears, Laurie J Sears

"Shadows of Empire" explores Javanese shadow theater as a staging area for negotiations between colonial power and indigenous traditions. Charting the shifting boundaries between myth and history in Javanese "Mahabharata" and "Ramayana" tales, Laurie J. Sears reveals what happens when these stories move from village performances and palace ...

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Brandon: On Thrones of Gold more books like this

by James R Brandon (Editor)

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Power Plays: Wayang Golek Puppet Theater of West Java more books like this

by Andrew N Weintraub

Based On Ethnographic Fieldwork spanning twenty years, Power Plays is the first scholarly book in English on wayang golek, the Sundanese rod-puppet theater of West Java. It is a detailed and lively account of the ways in which performers of this major Asian theatrical form have engaged with political discourses in Indonesia. Wayang golek has ...

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On thrones of gold : three Javanese shadow plays more books like this

by James R. Brandon

An astonishing variety of theatrical performances may be seen today in the eight countries of Southeast Asia--Burma, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam. James Brandon spent more than three years observing and interviewing troup members in these countries. He describes twenty-five of the most important ...

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Balinese Discourses on Music and Modernization: Village Voices and Urban Views more books like this

by Brita Renee Heimark

While many Western scholars have discussed the technical aspects of Balinese music or the traditional contexts for performance, little has been written in Western languages about Balinese discourses on their music. This dissertation seeks to understand the experience of music in Bali according to Balinese voices through an analysis of oral and ...

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Shadows of Empire - CL more books like this

by Laurie Jo Sears, Laurie J Sears

"Shadows of Empire" explores Javanese shadow theater as a staging area for negotiations between colonial power and indigenous traditions. Charting the shifting boundaries between myth and history in Javanese "Mahabharata" and "Ramayana" tales, Laurie J. Sears reveals what happens when these stories move from village performances and palace ...

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Malay shadow puppets : the Wayang Siam of Kelantan more books like this

by Amin Sweeney, British Museum

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Ramayana : Indonesia wayang show more books like this

by Sunardjo Haditjaroko

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The Language of Balinese Shadow Theater more books like this

by Mary Sabina Zurbuchen

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Javanese Shadow Plays, Javanese Selves more books like this

by Ward Keeler

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Javanese Wayang Kulit more books like this

by Edward C Van Ness, Shita Prawirohardjo

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Javanese shadow puppets: the Raffles collection in the British Museum. more books like this

by Jeune Scott-Kemball, British Museum

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Javanese Shadow Puppets more books like this

by Ward Keeler

Few art forms in the world appear as exotic as Javanese shadow plays, in which flat leather puppets cast shadows upon a screen. The figures are intricately cut and painted, and one puppeteer controls all their movements and enacts all their voices for the night-long performance. The puppeteer is believed to possess great amounts of mystical power, ...

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Shadow Theatre in Java more books like this

by Alit Veldhuisen-Djajasoebrata

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Malaysian Shadow Play and Music: Continuity of an Oral Tradition more books like this

by Patricia Ann Matusky

The ancient, time-honored art form known as wayang kulit (literally, "leather puppet theatre" or "shadow puppet play") is found in many arts of South-East Asia, including the Malay Peninsula. The present book, an ethnomusicological study focusing on the musical sound and its role in the drama, explores an aspect of wayang kulit hitherto neglected ...

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Wayang, Chinese street opera in Singapore more books like this

by Ines Vente, Geok Eng Lim

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Javanese Shadow Theatre: Movement and Characterization in Ngayogyakarta Wayang Kulit more books like this

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Wayang golek : de fascinerende wereld van het klassieke West-Javaanse poppenspel more books like this

by P. Buurman

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Herbert: Voices of Puppet Masters more books like this

by Mimi Herbert

"The pages that follow are an account of a personal excursion into the world of the wayang golek puppet theater of Indonesia, a world populated by marvelous puppets, the carvers who create them, the musicians whose orchestra accompanies the puppet theater, the audiences whose lives they influence, and the puppet masters themselves, whose powers ...

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Kama & Kala more books like this

by Christiaan Hooykaas

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Wayang puppets : carving, colouring, and symbolism more books like this

by R. L. Mellema, Sukir

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Bima Swarga in Balinese wayang more books like this

by H. I. R. Hinzler

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Lordly shades, wayang purwa Indonesia. more books like this

by Pandam Guritno, Teguh S. Djamal, Molly Bondan

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Wayang purwa; the shadow play of Indonesia. more books like this

by Moebirman

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