The In-Between in Javanese Performing Arts: History and Myth, Interculturalism and Interreligiosity

by Sumarsam

The role of performing art in one of the world's most diverse and complex societies

This book is the first comprehensive overview of Javanese performing arts from their origins to their dynamic present. Renowned scholar and musician Sumarsam draws from a lifetime of immersion in both wayang and gamelan to guide readers through the concept of the "in-between," revealing how the interplay of dualisms--myth and history, sacred and secular,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0819501263
• ISBN13: 9780819501264
• Release Date: October 2024
• Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"