The encoded Cirebon mask materiality, flow, and meaning along Java's Islamic northwest coast
"Situates masks and masked dancing in the Cirebon region of Java (Indonesia) as an original expression of Islam. This is a different view from that of many scholars, who argue that canonical prohibitions on fashioning idols and imagery prove that masks are mere relics of indigenous beliefs that...
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Leiden
Brill
[2016]
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| Series: | Studies on performing arts & literature of the Islamicate world
volume 2 |
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Table of Contents:
- The pasisir in the age of steam, sail, and the railway
- Independence : registration cards, theme parks, and topeng tours
- Floating artists on the circumambulatory road
- Tuning the body : dzikir flows and sonic theism
- Engaging the body and the senses
- Looking closely : the iconic mask
- Looking closer : the inner face
- Mapping tarekat : performing the mosque/grave complex