Women in the shadows : gender, puppets, and the power of tradition in Bali /

Women in the shadows : gender, puppets, and the power of tradition in Bali /

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Author / Creator:	Goodlander, Jennifer, 1975- author.
Imprint:	Athens : Ohio University Press, [2016]
Description:	xiii, 199 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Ohio University research in international studies. Southeast Asia series ; no. 129 Research in international studies. Southeast Asia series ; no. 129.
Subject:	Shadow shows -- Indonesia -- Bali Island. Women puppeteers -- Indonesia -- Bali Island. Wayang. Sex role -- Indonesia -- Bali Island. Ethnology -- Indonesia -- Bali Island. Civilization. Ethnology. Sex role. Shadow shows. Wayang. Women puppeteers. Bali Island (Indonesia) -- Civilization. Indonesia -- Bali Island.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10929947

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ISBN:	9780896803039 0896803031 9780896803046 089680304X 9780896804944
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"Wayang kulit, or shadow puppetry, connects a mythic past to the present through public ritual performance and is one of most important performance traditions in Bali. The dalang, or puppeteer, is revered in Balinese society as a teacher and spiritual leader. Recently, women have begun to study and perform in this traditionally male role, an innovation that has triggered resistance and controversy. In Women in the Shadows, Jennifer Goodlander draws on her own experience training as a dalang as well as interviews with early women dalang and leading artists to upend the usual assessments of such gender role shifts. She argues that rather than assuming that women performers are necessarily mounting a challenge to tradition, "tradition" in Bali must be understood as a system of power that is inextricably linked to gender hierarchy. She examines the very idea of "tradition" and how it forms both an ideological and social foundation in Balinese culture. Ultimately, Goodlander offers a richer, more complicated understanding of both tradition and gender in Balinese society"--
Standard no.:	40026552978

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