Javanese Performances on an Indonesian Stage: Celebrating Culture, Embracing Change

by Barbara Hatley

During the dramatic economic and social transformation of late twentieth-century Indonesia, theatre in Central Java featured a familiar cast of rulers, nobles, clown servants and ordinary people. However these performances were not a repetition of age-old cultural "traditions." Instead, by stretching the framework of Javanese theatre convention, theatre troupes challenged dominant cultural and political values. As political pressures intensified...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0824832957
• ISBN13: 9780824832957
• Release Date: August 2008
• Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.9"