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Embodied communities [electronic resource] : dance traditions and change in Java / Felicia Hughes-Freeland.

By: Hughes-Freeland, Felicia, 1954-.
Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
Series: Dance and performance studies ; v. 2. Publisher: New York : Berghahn Books, 2008Description: xiii, 286 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.Subject(s): Dance -- Indonesia -- Java | Court dances -- Indonesia -- Java | Social change -- Indonesia -- Java | Java (Indonesia) -- Social life and customsGenre/Form: Electronic books. DDC classification: 793.3/195982 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
Contents:
Introduction: Dance, culture and embodiment -- Before the nation : the heyday of court dance -- From colony to nation : dance in the reign of Haměngkubuwana IX (1940-1988) -- Embodying culture : dance as education -- Performance and symbolism : Bědhaya and the poetics of power -- The art of dancing : Joged Mataram -- Changing styles of patronage : tourism and commoditization -- Conclusion: Embodied communities in the nation state.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [260]-276) and index.

Introduction: Dance, culture and embodiment -- Before the nation : the heyday of court dance -- From colony to nation : dance in the reign of Haměngkubuwana IX (1940-1988) -- Embodying culture : dance as education -- Performance and symbolism : Bědhaya and the poetics of power -- The art of dancing : Joged Mataram -- Changing styles of patronage : tourism and commoditization -- Conclusion: Embodied communities in the nation state.

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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2010. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.