Javanese shadow plays, javanese selves
Auteur :
Keeler, Ward
Éditeur :
Princeton University Press
ISBN :
9780691629384
Date de publication :
21 mars 2017
Dimensions :
23,5 x 15,2 cm
Poids :
595 g
Format :
B315
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
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