Power plays : wayang golek puppet theater of West Java /

Power plays : wayang golek puppet theater of West Java /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Weintraub, Andrew N. (Andrew Noah)
Imprint:	Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, ©2004.
Description:	xvii, 295 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.).
Language:	English
Series:	Ohio University research in international studies. Southeast Asia series ; no. 110 Research in international studies. Southeast Asia series ; no. 110.
Subject:	Wayang. Shadow shows -- Indonesia -- Java. Puppet theater -- Indonesia -- Java. Puppet theater. Shadow shows. Wayang. Indonesia -- Java.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10388446

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ISBN:	089680240X 9780896802407 9812302492 9789812302496
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-288) and index. System requirements for accompanying CD-ROM for Windows: Windows 98 or higher ; 256 color display at 800 x 600 ; Sound Blaster or compatible sound card ; CD-ROM drive ; QuickTime. System requirements for accompanying CD-ROM for Macintosh: OS 8.1 or higher ; 256 color display at 800 x 600 ; CD-ROM drive ; QuickTime.
Summary:	"Power Plays is the first scholarly book in English on wayang golek, the Sundanese rod-puppet theater of West Java. It is a detailed and lively account of the ways in which performers of this major Asian theatrical form have engaged with political discourses in Indonesia and shaped technological and commercial conditions of art and performance in a modernizing society."--Jacket.
Other form:	Online version: Weintraub, Andrew N. (Andrew Noah). Power plays. Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, ©2004

Table of Contents:

Defining wayang golek
Cultural policy and canons of performance
Superstar dalang
Challenging the new order with entertainment
The spectacle of sound
The cassette culture of wayang golek
Televisual mediations
Mediating the nation in post-Suharto Indonesia
The politics of performance.