The In-Between in Javanese Performing Arts - History and Myth, Interculturalism and Interreligiosity

"Sumarsam examines historical case studies to show how histories, traditions, and mythologies interact in Java, demonstrating how these powerful cultural sources and forces have shaped people's lives and beliefs along with the formation and transformation of Javanese performing arts"--

About the author

SUMARSAM is Winslow-Kaplan Professor of Music at Wesleyan University. His books include Gamelan: Cultural Interaction and Musical Development in Central Java (1995) and Javanese Gamelan and the West (2013). He was the recipient of the American Council of Learned Societies and the National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship (2016-17), the Indonesian Presidential Satyalancana Cultural Award (2018), and the Yale Institute of Sacred Music Fellowship (2019-20).

Product details

• Authors: Sumarsam
• Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.10.2024
• EAN: 9780819501257
• ISBN: 978-0-8195-0125-7
• No. of pages: 288
• Illustrations: 14 b&w photos, 5 b&w line drawings, 4 b&w tables
• Series: Music / Culture
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Art > Miscellaneous