Research Catalog

Title

Shadow theatre in Java : the puppets, performance and repertoire / Alit Djajasoebrata.

Author

Veldhuisen-Djajasoebrata, Alit, 1935-

Publication

Amsterdam : Pepin Press, c1999.

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Additional Authors

Museum voor Volkenkunde (Rotterdam, Netherlands)

Description

152 p. : ill. (some col.); 29 cm.

Summary

"Javanese society and wayang theatre are closely connected; not only are ideas from the wayang stories deeply embedded in Javanese culture, wayang is also a means of expression. The heroes of wayang stories, accompanied by their servants, demons and gods, have been part of everyday life in Java for centuries. They have played the part of role models and examples, but at times they have also served as mouthpieces that are able to express sentiments that would otherwise remain unspoken. Over the centuries, the ancient wayang theatre has developed into a distinctive form of art. Foreign influences provided new stories, characters were added, new styles were refined at the courts, and, in the twentieth century, wayang theatre even served as a vehicle for propaganda, especially during the struggle for independence from Dutch colonial rule."--

Subject

• Wayang
• Shadow shows > Java
• Shadow puppets > Java
• Wayang
• Wayang plays
• Sombras > Teatro > Java
• Java (Indonesia) > Vida social y costumbres

Genre/Form

• Puppet plays
• Théâtre de marionnettes.

Note

• "Published in association with the Museum of Ethnology Rotterdam."

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 144-145) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Wayang. Different types of wayang. The origins of wayang. Wayang tradition in everyday life -- Puppets. Construction of the puppets. Iconography. Animals and props. Different styles: Yogyakarta, Surakarta, Cirebon and Pasisir. The Panakawan -- Performance. Requisites. Lakon. Stages of the performance. Status and skills of the dalang -- Repertoire. Preamble: stories of the gods. The Arjuna Sasra Bau cycle. The Rama cycle. The Pandawa cycle. History of the Ramayana and Mahabharata.

ISBN

• 9054960345 (hardcover)
• 9054960523 (softcover)

LCCN

^^2002317280

OCLC

• 42667519
• SCSB-11863798

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library