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Author Goodlander, Jennifer, 1975- author.

Title Women in the shadows : gender, puppets, and the power of tradition in Bali / Jennifer Goodlander
Published Athens : Ohio University Press, [2016]

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 199 pages) : illustrations
Series Ohio University research in international studies. Southeast Asia series ; number 129
Research in international studies. Southeast Asia series ; no. 129.
Contents Figures; Acknowledgments; Note on Language and Terms; Chapter 1-Gender, Puppets, and Tradition; Part One Sekala:The V isible Realm; Chapter 2-Practices of Tradition; Chapter 3-Objects of Tradition; Part Two Niskala:The I nvisible Realm; Chapter 4-Ritual Traditions; Chapter 5-Women Dalang; Chapter 6-Thoughts fromthe Shadows; Notes; Glossary; References; Index
Summary "Wayang kulit, or shadow puppetry, connects a mythic past to the present through public ritual performance and is one of most important performance traditions in Bali. The dalang, or puppeteer, is revered in Balinese society as a teacher and spiritual leader. Recently, women have begun to study and perform in this traditionally male role, an innovation that has triggered resistance and controversy. In Women in the Shadows, Jennifer Goodlander draws on her own experience training as a dalang as well as interviews with early women dalang and leading artists to upend the usual assessments of such gender role shifts. She argues that rather than assuming that women performers are necessarily mounting a challenge to tradition, "tradition" in Bali must be understood as a system of power that is inextricably linked to gender hierarchy. She examines the very idea of "tradition" and how it forms both an ideological and social foundation in Balinese culture. Ultimately, Goodlander offers a richer, more complicated understanding of both tradition and gender in Balinese society"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Shadow shows -- Indonesia -- Bali Island
Women puppeteers -- Indonesia -- Bali Island
Wayang.
Sex role -- Indonesia -- Bali Island
Ethnology -- Indonesia -- Bali Island
PERFORMING ARTS -- Reference.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Women's Studies.
Civilization
Ethnology
Sex role
Shadow shows
Wayang
Women puppeteers
Geschlechterrolle
Spieler
Frau
Figurentheater
Schattenspiel
Wayang
Femmes -- Indonesie -- Bali (Indonesie)
Marionnettistes -- Indonesie -- Bali (Indonesie)
Theâtre d'ombres -- Indonesie -- Bali (Indonesie)
SUBJECT Bali Island (Indonesia) -- Civilization
Subject Indonesia -- Bali Island
Bali
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780896804944
0896804941