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Author Cohen, Matthew Isaac, author

Title Inventing the performing arts : modernity and tradition in colonial Indonesia / Matthew Isaac Cohen
Published Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, [2016]

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Description 1 online resource (xxii, 328 pages) : illustrations, map
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
Summary Indonesia, with its mix of ethnic cultures, cosmopolitan ethos, and strong national ideology, offers a useful lens for examining the intertwining of tradition and modernity in globalized Asia. In 'Inventing the Performing Arts', Matthew Isaac Cohen explores the profound change in diverse arts practices from the nineteenth century until 1949
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 22, 2019)
Subject Performing arts -- Indonesia -- History -- 19th century
Performing arts -- Indonesia -- History -- 20th century
Performing arts -- Social aspects -- Indonesia
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture.
ART -- Performance.
Colonial influence
Performing arts
Performing arts -- Social aspects
Musik
Aufführung
Musikproduktion
Darstellende Kunst
SUBJECT Indonesia -- Colonial influence
Subject Indonesia
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780824855598
0824855590
9780824868710
0824868714
9780824855574
0824855574