Performing Otherness - Java and Bali on International Stages, 1905-1952

Informationen zum Autor 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, The Komedie Stamboel: Popular Theater in Colonial Indonesia, 1891-1903, won the Benda Prize from the Association for Asian Studies. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. 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

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

Produktdetails

• Autoren: M Cohen, M. Cohen
• Verlag: Palgrave UK
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 14.01.2014
• EAN: 9781349309597
• ISBN: 978-1-349-30959-7
• Seiten: 297
• Serien: Studies in International Performance; Studies in International Perfo; Studies in International Perfo; Studies in International Performance
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Kunst > Theater, Ballett; Sachbuch > Musik, Film, Theater; Theater, B, Dance, Performing Arts, South East Asia, Theatre Studies, Asian History, Theatre and Performance Arts, Theater—History, Theatre History, Palgrave Theatre & Performance Collection, Theatre and Performance Studies, Southeast Asia—History, History of Southeast Asia, Asia—History, History of Performing Arts, bibliography;India;Indonesia;Java;stage