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Inventing the performing arts : modernity and tradition in colonial Indonesia /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cohen, Matthew Isaac (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, [2016]
Subjects:
Performing arts > Indonesia > History > 19th century.
Performing arts > Indonesia > History > 20th century.
Performing arts > Social aspects > Indonesia.
Indonesia > Colonial influence.
Colonial influence.
Performing arts.
Performing arts > Social aspects.
Indonesia.
1800 - 1999
History.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • 1. Culture in common : intersecting European, Javanese, and Chinese art worlds
  • 2. Hybrid and popular entertainments
  • 3. Modern drama, spoken and sung
  • 4. Music on the market
  • 5. Ethnic "awakenings"
  • 6. Bali, cultural tourism, modernized arts
  • 7. The heyday of popular theater
  • 8. Performing the arts of nationalism
  • 9. Toward greater East Asian culture
  • 10. The cultural center
  • 11. Domination and resistance
  • Conclusion: performing arts after colonialism.