Embodied communities
Subtitle: dance traditions and change in Java
By: Felicia Hughes-Freeland.
Series: Dance and performance studies -- v. 2
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781845455217
Subjects: Dance -- Indonesia -- Java; Court dances -- Indonesia -- Java; Social change -- Indonesia -- Java; Java (Indonesia) -- Social life and customs
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Dance, culture, and embodiment; title: Before the nation : the heyday of court dance; title: From colony to nation : dance in the reign of Haùengkubuwana IX; title: Embodying culture : dance as education; title: Performance and symbolism : Bùedhaya and the poetics of power; title: The art of dancing : Joged Matatam; title: Changing styles of patronage : tourism and commoditization; title: Conclusion: Embodies communities in the nation state.