BOOKS - Javanese Shadow Plays, Javanese Selves (Princeton Legacy Library, 5134)
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Javanese Shadow Plays, Javanese Selves (Princeton Legacy Library, 5134)
Author: Ward Keeler
Year: March 1, 1987
Format: PDF
File size: PDF 17 MB
Language: English
Year: March 1, 1987
Format: PDF
File size: PDF 17 MB
Language: English
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, status, and speech.Originally published in 1987.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.