M. Cohen

Performing Otherness

Java and Bali on International Stages, 1905-1952

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Studies in International Performance
• Verlag: Macmillan Education / Palgrave Macmillan UK / Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-1-349-30959-7
• 1st ed. 2010
• Seitenzahl: 285
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 457g
• ISBN-13: 9781349309597
• ISBN-10: 1349309591
• Artikelnr.: 45075963

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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