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Informationen zum Autor Michael H. Bodden is an associate professor of Pacific and Asian Studies at the University of Victoria in British Columbia! Canada. He has published numerous articles on contemporary Indonesian theater and literature! as well as a collection of translations of the fiction! the essays! and a drama by Indonesian writer Seno Gumira Ajidarma! Jakarta at a Certain Point in Time. Klappentext "Resistance on the National Stage" analyzes the ways in which, between 1985 and 1998, modern theater practitioners in Indonesia contributed to a rising movement of social protest against the long-governing New Order regime of President Suharto. It examines the work of an array of theater groups and networks from Jakarta, Bandung, and Yogyakarta that pioneered new forms of theater-making and new themes that were often presented more directly and critically than previous groups had dared to do. Michael H. Bodden looks at a wide range of case studies to show how theater contributed to and helped build the opposition. Zusammenfassung Analyzes the ways in which, between 1985 and 1998, modern theatre practitioners in Indonesia contributed to a rising movement of social protest against the long-governing New Order regime of President Suharto and examines the work of groups from Jakarta, Bandung, and Yogyakarta that pioneered new forms of theatre-making.
