The encoded Cirebon mask : materiality, flow, and meaning along Java's Islamic northwest coast /
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 th...
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Format: eBook
Language: English
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Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
[2016]
Series:
Studies on Performing Arts & Literature of the Islamicate World
02.
Middle East and Islamic Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2016, ISBN: 9789004303935.
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Call Number: DS646.29.C58 R67 2016
| Summary: | 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. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xvi, 374 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789004315211 |
| Access: | Available to subscribing member institutions only. |