Listening to an earlier Java : aesthetics, gender, and the music of wayang in central Java / / Sarah Weiss.

• Author: Weiss, Sarah.
• Godina izdanja: 2006
• Izdanje: 1st ed.
• Jezik: English
• Serija: Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde 237.
• Opis: 1 online resource (195 p.)
• Bilješke: Description based upon print version of record.

In \'old-style\' Central Javanese wayang , still known to many shadow-puppet performers and musicians in Java today, the male dhalang and his primary accompanist, usually a female gender player, are gendered embodiments of a Javanese aesthetic that has its origins in early Java. Analysis o...