Performing Otherness
Java and Bali on International Stages, 1905-1952
Published on 27. October 2010
Book
Hardback
XII, 285 pages
978-0-230-22462-9 (ISBN)
Description
A far-reaching examination of exoticism, cultural internationalism and modernism's encounters with Indonesian tradition, Performing Otherness examines how Indonesia entered world stages through imperialism as an antimodern phantasm and through nationalism became a means of intercultural communication and cultural diplomacy.
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Edition
2010 edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Paper over boards
Illustrations
XII, 285 p.
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
458 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-230-22462-9 (9780230224629)
DOI
10.1057/9780230309005
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MATTHEW ISAAC COHEN lectures in theatre at Royal Holloway, University of London, UK. He holds a Ph.D. in anthropology from Yale University and performs as a wayang kulit puppeteer. His 2006 book,
The Komedie Stamboel: Popular Theater in Colonial Indonesia, 1891-1903,
won the Benda Prize from the Association for Asian Studies.
Content
List of Figures Preface and Acknowledgements Note on Orthography and Writing Conventions Introduction: The Spectacle of Otherness Mata Hari Wayang as Technology Eva Gauthier, From Java to Jazz Stella Bloch and 'up-to-date' Java Raden Mas Jodjana and Company Magical Identification with Bali in France Greater India Devi Dja goes Hollywood Aftermath: Decolonization Glossary Selected bibliography Notes Index