Performance in Java and Bali

Summary

The studies in this book examine traditional performance genres in the Indonesian islands of Java and Bali. They cover puppet and human theatre, dance, sung narrative, narrative temple reliefs, and vocal and instrumental music, span a period of more than a thousand years, and range over four cultural complexes: Sundanese in western Java, Javanese in central and eastern Java, Chinese in eastern Java, and Balinese in Bali.

Product details

• Authors: ARPS, B Arps, B. Arps
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 18.08.2016
• EAN: 9781138153226
• ISBN: 978-1-138-15322-6
• No. of pages: 244
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; Drama, East, Dance, Culture, Theatre Studies, Wong, Wayang, Javanese, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General, tembang, sunda, kulit