Puppet and Spirit: Ritual, Religion, and Performing Objects - Volume I Sacred Roots: Material Entities, Consecrating Acts,

This anthology of essays aims to explore the many types of relationships that exist between puppets, broadly speaking, and the immaterial world.

List of contents

List of Figures
List of editors and contributors
Acknowledgments
Foreword
Introduction
Claudia Orenstein and Tim Cusack
SECTION I: Shamanic Lineages

1. Puppets and Souls: Some Encounters in Korean Shaman Ritual
Laurel Kendall
2. Mamulengo and Spirituality: Are There Still Some Connections?
Izabela Brochado
3. Sogo bò: The Puppet Remains the Soul of the People, an Interview with Yaya Coulibaly
Heather Jeanne Denyer
4. The Hula Ki`i, The Dance of the Sacred Image, Hawaiian Puppetry: N¿pali Souza Interview with Auli'i Mitchell
N¿pali Souza and Auli'i Mitchell
SECTION II: Communal Celebrations
5. Japanese Karakuri Ningy¿ and the Performance of Shinto
Yasuko Senda and William Condee
6. Superhuman Superpowers: Puppets and Masks of Bhaona from the Assam Region of India
Deepsikha Chatterjee
7. Wayang Ritual Drama of Cirebon: Continuance of a Kratophanic Tradition
Matthew Isaac Cohen
8. "I Have Come to Do a Purification": Interview with Masako Nakauchi and Kimiyo Minami
Tomoe Kobayashi and Simon Moers
SECTION III: Powerful Players
9. Passing Down Through Shadows: Chinese Shadow Puppetry's Ghostly Transmission
Annie Katsura Rollins
10. The Matter That Matters: An Exploration of Power and Materiality in Thai Nang Yai
Claudia Orenstein
11. Consecrated Puppets: The Puppet Deities of Southern China and Taiwan
Robin Ruizendaal
12. Exploring Spirituality in Tholpavakoothu Shadow Puppetry of Kerala: A Conversation with Puppeteer Ramachandra Pulavar
Sangeeth Sankar A. and Rahul Koonathara
SECTION IV: Doctrinal Dialogues
13. Islam, Animism and Animation of Objects: Growth and Restrictions of Puppetry Under the Shadow of Religion
Salma Mohseni Ardehali and Mir Mohammadreza Heydari
14. Saintly Puppet Masters and Sacred Clowning: Antinomian Religion and Patterns in Islamic Puppetry of Java
Kathy Foley
15. Performing Death: A Medieval Puppet of Christ
Michelle K. Oing
SECTION V: Holding Heritage
16. The Enchanted Kaavad: Hierophany in Motion
Nina Sabnani
17. Forging a Material Connection to the Divine: The Life Cycle Rituals of the Sefer Torah
Joseph Maybloom
Index




About the author










Claudia Orenstein is Professor of Theatre at Hunter College and the Graduate Center, CUNY. She has spent over a decade writing on contemporary and traditional puppetry in the US and Asia.
Tim Cusack is Adjunct Lecturer in Theatre at Hunter College. He was the co-founder and artistic director of Theatre Askew, an independent theatre company dedicated to the exploration of representations of queerness onstage. Puppetry has always been an aspect of his creative process.




Summary

This anthology of essays aims to explore the many types of relationships that exist between puppets, broadly speaking, and the immaterial world.

Product details

• Authors: Claudia Cusack Orenstein
• Assisted by: Tim Cusack (Editor), Claudia Orenstein (Editor), Orenstein Claudia (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.12.2024
• EAN: 9780367713393
• ISBN: 978-0-367-71339-3
• No. of pages: 246
• Series: Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; Media Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, Cultural Studies, RELIGION / General, The arts: general issues, ART / General, PERFORMING ARTS / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / General, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / History & Criticism, Religion: general, Performance Art, Acting techniques, Puppetry, miniature & toy theatre, The arts: general topics, PERFORMING ARTS / Puppets & Puppetry, Puppetry, miniature and toy theatre