Journeys of Desire
Subtitle: A Study of the Balinese Text Malat (Verhandelingen Van Het Koninklijk Instituut Voor Taal-, Land)
Publisher: Kitlv Press
Published: August 30, 2005
Language: eng; bal
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 385
ISBN-13: 9789067181372
Subjects: Asia - Southeast Asia; Asian; Asia - General; Asian - General; History; Literature - Classics / Criticism; Bali; Dance; Epic poetry, Balinese; History and criticism; Mythology, Balinese; History: World
Description: "This study of the Balinese text Kidung Malat is the first work in Indonesian historical studies to analyse the main ideology of these Balinese kingdoms. It does so by demonstrating how the performance and presentation of the text presented and image of the ideal prince to both rulers and subjects."--book jacket.