In The Encoded Cirebon Mask: Materiality, Flow, and Meaning along Java's Islamic
Northwest Coast, Laurie Margot Ross situates masks and masked dancing in the Cirebon region of Java (Indonesia) as an original expression of Islam. This is a different view from that of many scholars, who argue that canonical prohibitions on fashioning idols and imagery prove that masks are mere relics of indigenous beliefs that Muslim travelers could not eradicate. Making use of archives, oral histories, and the performing objects themselves, Ross traces the mask's trajectory from a popular entertainment in Cirebon-once a portal of global exchange-to a stimulus for establishing a deeper connection to God in late colonial Java, and eventual links to nationalism in post-independence Indonesia.
Rezensionen / Stimmen
"This is a rare case of a scholar taking seriously the Islamic religious sentiments that underlie a local Southeast Asian artistic tradition." - Shahzad Bashir, Lysbeth Warren Anderson Professor in Islamic Studies, Stanford
"A mountain of fascinating information." - Benedict Anderson, Aaron L. Binenkorb Late Professor Emeritus of Government and International Studies, Cornell University
Reihe
Auflage
Approx. 350 Pp., 86 Illus., 5 edition
Sprache
Verlagsort
Zielgruppe
Produkt-Hinweis
Fadenheftung
Gewebe-Einband
Illustrationen
18 s/w Abbildungen, 69 farbige Abbildungen, 5 s/w Zeichnungen
5 Line drawings, black and white; 69 Illustrations, color; 18 Illustrations, black and white
Maße
Höhe: 236 mm
Breite: 160 mm
Dicke: 28 mm
Gewicht
ISBN-13
978-90-04-31137-4 (9789004311374)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Laurie Margot Ross, Ph.D. (2009), University of California, Berkeley, is a researcher, curator, and educator of Islamic visual culture and performance, based in New York. She was an SSRC Transregional fellow at Cornell University and also taught at UC Berkeley.
Figures, Drawings, Map
Introduction
Part I: Cultural Markers
Chapter 1:
The Pasisir in the Age of Steam, Sail, and the Railway
Chapter 2:
Independence: Registration Cards, Theme Parks, and Topeng Tours
Chapter 3:
Floating Artists on the Circumambulatory Road
Part II: Mystic Travelers
Chapter 4:
Tuning the Body: Dzikir Flows and Sonic Theism
Chapter 5:
Engaging the Body and the Senses
Part III: Objects that Speak
Chapter 6:
Looking Closely: The Iconic Mask
Chapter 7:
Looking Closer: The Inner Face
Chapter 8:
Mapping Tarekat: Performing the Mosque/Grave Complex
Conclusion
Appendix I: The Topeng Cosmology
Appendix II: Fitting Susuk
Glossary
Works Consulted
