Performing Otherness: Java and Bali on International Stages, 1905-1952 (Studies in International Performance) - Softcover

Cohen, M.

 
9781349309597: Performing Otherness: Java and Bali on International Stages, 1905-1952 (Studies in International Performance)

Synopsis

A far-reaching examination of exoticism, cultural internationalism and modernism's encounters with Indonesian tradition, Performing Otherness examines how Indonesia entered world stages through imperialism as an antimodern phantasm and through nationalism became a means of intercultural communication and cultural diplomacy.

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About the Author

MATTHEW ISAAC COHEN lectures in theatre at Royal Holloway, University of London, UK. He holds a Ph.D. in anthropology from Yale University and performs as a wayang kulit puppeteer. His 2006 book, The Komedie Stamboel: Popular Theater in Colonial Indonesia, 1891-1903, won the Benda Prize from the Association for Asian Studies.

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