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Javanese Shadow Plays, Javanese Selves - Princeton Legacy Library
Ward Keeler
Javanese Shadow Plays, Javanese Selves - Princeton Legacy Library
Ward Keeler
As with many performing arts in Asia, neither the highly stylized images of the Javanese shadow play nor its musical complexity detracts from its wide popularity. By a context-sensitive analysis of shadow-play performances, Ward Keeler shows that they fascinate so many people in Java because they dramatize consistent Javanese concerns about potency
308 pages, black & white illustrations
Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
Released | March 21, 2017 |
ISBN13 | 9780691629384 |
Publishers | Princeton University Press |
Pages | 308 |
Dimensions | 152 × 235 × 19 mm · 595 g |
Language | English |