02953nam 2200565 450 991016271330332120230808201359.00-89680-494-1(CKB)3710000001033331(MiAaPQ)EBC4791061(OCoLC)970664785(MdBmJHUP)musev2_99399(EXLCZ)99371000000103333120160603h20162016 uy| 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierWomen in the shadows gender, puppets, and the power of tradition in Bali /Jennifer GoodlanderAthens :Ohio University Press,[2016]©20161 online resource (217 pages) illustrationsOhio University research in international studies. Southeast Asia series ;number 1290-89680-303-1 0-89680-304-X Includes bibliographical references and index.Sekala : The visible realm -- Niskala : The invisible realm."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.Research in international studies.Southeast Asia series ;no. 129.Shadow showsIndonesiaBali IslandWomen puppeteersIndonesiaBali IslandWayangSex roleIndonesiaBali IslandEthnologyIndonesiaBali IslandBali Island (Indonesia)CivilizationShadow showsWomen puppeteersWayang.Sex roleEthnology791.5309598/62Goodlander Jennifer1975-1205404MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910162713303321Women in the shadows2781619UNINA