Ross

The Encoded Cirebon Mask

Materiality, Flow, and Meaning along Java's Islamic Northwest Coast

nicht lieferbar

Rezensionen ansehen

Standardpreis

ca. 166,50 €

Preisangaben inkl. MwSt. Abhängig von der Lieferadresse kann die MwSt. an der Kasse variieren. Weitere Informationen

Buch. Hardcover

Approx. 350 pp., 86 illus., 5 line drawings, 1 map. 2016

XVIII, 374 S. 18 s/w-Abbildungen, 69 Farbabbildungen, 5 s/w-Zeichnungen.

In englischer Sprache

Brill. ISBN 9789004311374

Format (B x L): 15,5 x 23,5 cm

Gewicht: 725 g

Das Werk ist Teil der Reihe: Studies on Performing Arts & Literature of the Islamicate World; 2

Produktbeschreibung

In The Encoded Cirebon Mask: Materiality, Flow, and Meaning along Java’s Islamic
Northwest Coast, Laurie Margot Ross situates masks and masked dancing in the Cirebon region of Java (Indonesia) as an original expression of Islam. This is a different view from that of many scholars, who argue that canonical prohibitions on fashioning idols and imagery prove that masks are mere relics of indigenous beliefs that Muslim travelers could not eradicate. Making use of archives, oral histories, and the performing objects themselves, Ross traces the mask’s trajectory from a popular entertainment in Cirebon—once a portal of global exchange—to a stimulus for establishing a deeper connection to God in late colonial Java, and eventual links to nationalism in post-independence Indonesia.