Record Nr.

UNINA9910971167703321

Autore

Winet Evan Darwin <1971->

Titolo

Indonesian Postcolonial Theatre : Spectral Genealogies and Absent Faces / / by Evan Darwin Winet

Pubbl/distr/stampa


London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2010

ISBN

9786612910159

9781282910157

1282910159

9780230246676

0230246672

Edizione

[1st ed. 2010.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (279 p.)

Collana

Studies in International Performance, , 2947-4957

Disciplina

306.4/84809598

Soggetti

Theater - History

Asia - History

Ethnology - Asia

Culture

Performing arts

Theater

Oriental literature

Theatre History

Asian History

Asian Culture

Theatre and Performance Arts

Asian Literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Series Editor's Preface; Preface; 1 Introduction: Colonial Foundations and Precessions of Postcoloniality; 2 Unimagined Communities: Theatres of Eurasian and Chinese Batavia; 3 Sites of Disappearance: Expatriate Ghosts on Ephemeral Stages; 4 Despite Their Failings: Spectres of Foreign Professionalism; 5 Hamlet and Caligula: Echoes of a Voice, Unclear in Origins; 6 Umat as Rakyat:

Performing Islam through Veils of Nationalism; 7 Teater Reformasi: The Lingering Smile of the Absent Father; Appendix: A Timeline of 'Indonesian' and 'Batavian' Histories

NotesWorks Cited; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Indonesian Postcolonial Theatre explores modern theatrical practices in Indonesia from a performance of Hamlet in the warehouses of Dutch Batavia to Ratna Sarumpaet's feminist Muslim Antigones. The book reveals patterns linking the colonial to the postcolonial eras that often conflict with the historical narratives of Indonesian nationalism.