![]() | Javanese Shadow Plays, Javanese Selves Subjects: Wayang; Shadow pantomimes and plays -- Indonesia -- Java; Ethnology -- Indonesia -- Java; Java (Indonesia) -- Social life and customs; 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. |
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