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Singapore: NUS Press, 2016. Paperback. Good. Ex-library copy, with limited library markings. Firm binding; no loose pages. Cover with minor wear. Better than most ex-library books! 634 pages. This is a large or heavy book and may require additional shipping charges to mail outside of the United States.
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Tall Tree, Nest of the Wind: The Javanese Shadow-Play Dewa Ruci Performed by KI Anom Soeroto - A Study in Performance Philology Paperback - 2016
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- Title Tall Tree, Nest of the Wind: The Javanese Shadow-Play Dewa Ruci Performed by KI Anom Soeroto - A Study in Performance Philology
- Author Bernard Arps
- Binding Paperback
- Pages 656
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher National University of Singapore Press, Singapore
- Date 2016
- ISBN 9789814722155 / 9814722154
- Weight 2.35 lbs (1.07 kg)
- Dimensions 9.4 x 6.6 x 1.5 in (23.88 x 16.76 x 3.81 cm)
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- Cultural Region: Asian - General
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Singapore: NUS Press. 2016. 632pp, appendices, references, index, paperback. Javanese shadow puppetry is a sophisticated dramatic form, often felt to be at the heart of Javanese culture, drawing on classic texts but with important contemporary resonance in fields like religion and politics. How to make sense of the shadow-play as a form of world-making? In Tall Tree, Nest of the Wind, Bernard Arps explores this question by considering an all-night performance of Dewa Ruci, a key play in the repertoire. Thrilling and profound, Dewa Ruci describes the mighty Bratasena's quest for the ultimate mystical insight. The book presents the Dewa Ruci as rendered by the distinguished master puppeteer Ki Anom Soeroto in Amsterdam in 1987. The book's unusual design presents the performance texts together with descriptions of the sounds and images that would remain obscure in conventional formats of presentation. Copious annotations probe beneath the surface and provide an understanding of the performance as a…
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Singapore: NUS Press, 2016. Paperback. New. Wayang kulit, shadow puppetry, as performed in the Malay Archipelago is still appreciated by its audiences because of its nuanced connections through from the area's Hindu past right up to the politics of today. Here the author, a professor of Indonesian and Javanese language, provides an annotated study of Dewa Ruci, one of the plays in the Wayang Kulit repertoire, with both the original Javanese text and an English translation. 634 pages Weight 1.1kg Post free within Malaysia .
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