Dance That Makes You Vanish - Cultural Reconstruction in Post-Genocide Indonesia

Klappentext Indonesian court dance is famed for its sublime calm and stillness, yet this peaceful surface conceals a time of political repression and mass killing. Rachmi Diyah Larasati reflects on her own experiences as an Indonesian national troupe dancer from a family of persecuted female dancers and activists, examining the relationship between female dancers and the Indonesian state since 1965. Zusammenfassung Indonesian court dance is famed for its sublime calm and stillness, yet this peaceful surface conceals a time of political repression and mass killing. Rachmi Diyah Larasati reflects on her own experiences as an Indonesian national troupe dancer from a family of persecuted female dancers and activists, examining the relationship between female dancers and the Indonesian state since 1965.

Product details

• Authors: Rachmi Diyah Larasati, LARASATI RACHMI DIYAH
• Publisher: University Of Minnesota Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.03.2013
• EAN: 9780816679935
• ISBN: 978-0-8166-7993-5
• No. of pages: 216
• Series: Difference Incorporated; Difference Incorporated
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous