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Javanese Shadow Plays, Javanese Selves by Keeler, Ward is a performing arts available to read on EtoBox.
What is Javanese Shadow Plays, Javanese Selves about?
<p>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, status, and speech.<br><br>Originally published in 1987.<br><br>The <b>Princeton Legacy Library</b> uses the latest print-on-demand technology to
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It is typically read by artists, cooks, musicians and hobbyists working from how-to references.
Common subject areas: arts, cooking, music, crafts.
- Author
- Keeler, Ward
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Published
- 2017
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780691028361
- Category
- performing arts
- Subjects
- Drama, Performing Arts, Sports
- Updated
- 2026-03-24
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