Cohen Performing Otherness

Java and Bali on International Stages, 1905-1952
1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-0-230-30900-5
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 285 Seiten

Reihe: Palgrave Theatre & Performance Collection

A far-reaching examination of exoticism, cultural internationalism and modernism's encounters with Indonesian tradition, Performing Otherness examines how Indonesia entered world stages through imperialism as an antimodern phantasm and through nationalism became a means of intercultural communication and cultural diplomacy.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cohen, M.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Figures Preface and Acknowledgements Note on Orthography and Writing Conventions Introduction: The Spectacle of Otherness Mata Hari Wayang as Technology Eva Gauthier, From Java to Jazz Stella Bloch and 'up-to-date' Java Raden Mas Jodjana and Company Magical Identification with Bali in France Greater India Devi Dja goes Hollywood Aftermath: Decolonization Glossary Selected bibliography Notes Index

Über Autor(innen)

MATTHEW ISAAC COHEN lectures in theatre at Royal Holloway, University of London, UK. He holds a Ph.D. in anthropology from Yale University and performs as a wayang kulit puppeteer. His 2006 book, won the Benda Prize from the Association for Asian Studies.