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Javanese Wayang Kulit: an introduction

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OXFORD IN ASIA TRADITIONAL AND CONTEMPORARY ARTS

South-East Asia has long been recognized as a region of rich and diverse artis tic and cultural traditions. While its variety of artistic expression in architec ture, art, dance, drama, handicrafts, jewellery, music and textiles have often fascinated and attracted students of art and culture, much of this richness is understood only superficially, due to the difficulties of transcending linguistic and cultural barriers, an essential step in appreciating the deeper significance and meaning of South-East Asian art and culture.

This book is one of a series which is intended to give a short but accurate introduction to significant South-East Asian artistic and cultural traditions. Written in a readable and non-technical style, but without simplification of approach or content, the series provides a concise guide and introduction to the breadth of traditional and contemporary artistic and cultural forms which are found in South-East Asia today.

Perhaps no other culture in the world has placed so much emphasis on a theatrical form as a medium of transmitting its fundamental cultural values and on examining the art of living in all its aspects as the Javanese. Wayang includes, indeed mirrors, virtually every aspect of Javanese culture; wayang kulit (the shadow play performed with leather puppets) in Central Java pro-vides one of the oldest continuous traditions of story telling in the region, and is certainly among the most highly developed.

There are numerous books on this subject but this is the first written for the general reader. The authors give a lively account of the wayang kulit tradi tion and its importance in the everyday life of the Javanese, the Javanese conception of the Indian epics, Ramayana and Mahabarata, and the dalang (puppeteer) and his art. To facilitate an appreciation of the drama, the authors describe some of the most famous characters and record an actual wayang kulit performance.

This book will be of interest to the ever increasing number of tourists to Indonesia, and also to the more serious reader for whom it might serve as a first reading for more in-depth study.

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Informasi Detail

Judul Seri

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No. Panggil

791.5 VAN j

Penerbit

London, UK : Oxford University Press., 1980

Deskripsi Fisik

xiii+95 hlm.; bibl., glo., il.

Bahasa

English

ISBN/ISSN

0-19-5804147

Klasifikasi

791.5

Tipe Isi

text

Tipe Media

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Tipe Pembawa

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Edisi

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Subjek

javanese culture-indonesia
wayang kulit-puppet-java-indonesia
traditional show-java-indonesia
Van Ness, Edward C.
Prawirohardjo, Shita

Info Detail Spesifik

glosarium hlm. 85-94, bibliografi hlm. 95

Pernyataan Tanggungjawab

Edward C. Van Ness dan Shita Prawirohardjo

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