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"Wayang kulit, or shadow puppetry, connects a mythic past to the present through public ritual performance and is one of most important performance traditions in Bali. The dalang, or puppeteer, is revered in Balinese society as a teacher and spiritual leader. Recently, women have begun to study and perform in this traditionally male role, an innovation that has triggered resistance and controversy. In Women in the Shadows, Jennifer Goodlander draws on her own experience training as a dalang as well as interviews with early women dalang and leading artists to upend the usual assessments of such gender role shifts. She argues that rather than assuming that women performers are necessarily mounting a challenge to tradition, "tradition" in Bali must be understood as a system of power that is inextricably linked to gender hierarchy. She examines the very idea of "tradition" and how it forms both an ideological and social foundation in Balinese culture. Ultimately, Goodlander offers a richer, more complicated understanding of both tradition and gender in Balinese society"-- No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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“[Women in the Shadows] is an exceptional and very personal work filled with rich insights on ritual process, wayang narratives, puppet characters, and Balinese culture in general. Goodlander has produced a short, though substantial, work tha
“The question of what impact women performing the wayang kulit has on gender dynamics in Balinese society is satisfyingly answered by the thoughtfully considered and richly informed analysis that permeates this book…[addressing] performance innovations that seemingly disrupt centuries of tradition yet equally gratify the desire for novelty— and, in doing so, much is revealed about the nature of transformation, balance, gender, and culture in Bali.”—Beth Onses, Theatre Survey
“This groundbreaking study explores the unusual position of a handful of women dalang (puppeteers) in Bali, including Goodlander herself…Professor Goodlander’s knowledge, experience, and caring for her subject matter comes through on every page.”—Linda Ehrich, Puppetry International
“Jennifer Goodlander’s book is an important contribution to our understanding of the Balinese wayang kulit. It provides readers with valuable insights into the remarkable experience of one foreign woman who trained and was consecrated to perform the wayang kulit and expecially of the controversy which continues to surround the practice of Balinese women as dalang.”—Archipel
--This text refers to the paperback edition.