Indonesian Postcolonial Theatre: Spectral Genealogies and Absent Faces 2010 Edition Contributor(s): Winet, Evan Darwin (Author) |
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ISBN: 0230546889 ISBN-13: 9780230546882 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $52.24 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 2010 Annotation: Drawing examples from as early as a 1619 production of "Hamlet "and as recent as 2007 performances by Indonesia's most famous presidential impersonator, this book considers how theatre functions as a uniquely effective medium for representing the contradictions of Indonesian identity in the urban colonial/postcolonial metropole. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Performing Arts | Theater - History & Criticism - Literary Criticism | Asian - Indic |
Dewey: 306.484 |
LCCN: 2009048533 |
Series: Studies in International Performance |
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.6" W x 8.5" (1.00 lbs) 262 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Indian - Cultural Region - Asian |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Indonesian Postcolonial Theatre explores modern theatrical practices in Indonesia from a performance of Hamlet in the warehouses of Dutch Batavia to Ratna Sarumpaet's feminist Muslim Antigones. The book reveals patterns linking the colonial to the postcolonial eras that often conflict with the historical narratives of Indonesian nationalism. |