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Power Plays: Wayang Golek Theater of West Java (review)

Power Plays: Wayang Golek Theater of West Java (review) 366 BOOK R EV I EWS and the experience of moving to drums and gongs. The writer convincingly relates the conflicts and contradictions of structural hierarchy and the inter- nal liberation that comes from letting one’s body be animated by rhythm. One comes away with a deep appreciation of the pleasures of dancing to gamelan in the fellowship of men. The book thus addresses topics that will be of con- siderable interest to many readers of this journal, and, as an introductory textbook for world music and performance classes, the text can be heartily recommended. Matthew Isaac Cohen University of Glasgow POWER PLAYS: WAYANG GOLEK THEATER OF WEST JAVA. By Andrew N. Weintraub. Athens, OH: Ohio University Research in International Studies, and Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 2004. xii + 295 pp. Illus. and CD-ROM. Paper $30.00. Wayang golek purwa (also known as wayang golek), the traditional rod puppet theatre of the Sundanese highlands of West Java (Indonesia), was once a highly localized theatrical form. Rural rod puppeteers and their impromptu ensembles of gamelan musicians gave all-night performances of Mahabharata and Ramayana plays at the homes of ritual sponsors in their own village and the immediate surroundings. On http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Asian Theatre Journal University of Hawai'I Press

Power Plays: Wayang Golek Theater of West Java (review)

Cohen, Matthew Isaac.
Asian Theatre Journal , Volume 22 (2) – Oct 31, 2005
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366 BOOK R EV I EWS and the experience of moving to drums and gongs. The writer convincingly relates the conflicts and contradictions of structural hierarchy and the inter- nal liberation that comes from letting one’s body be animated by rhythm. One comes away with a deep appreciation of the pleasures of dancing to gamelan in the fellowship of men. The book thus addresses topics that will be of con- siderable interest to many readers of this journal, and, as an introductory textbook for world music and performance classes, the text can be heartily recommended. Matthew Isaac Cohen University of Glasgow POWER PLAYS: WAYANG GOLEK THEATER OF WEST JAVA. By Andrew N. Weintraub. Athens, OH: Ohio University Research in International Studies, and Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 2004. xii + 295 pp. Illus. and CD-ROM. Paper $30.00. Wayang golek purwa (also known as wayang golek), the traditional rod puppet theatre of the Sundanese highlands of West Java (Indonesia), was once a highly localized theatrical form. Rural rod puppeteers and their impromptu ensembles of gamelan musicians gave all-night performances of Mahabharata and Ramayana plays at the homes of ritual sponsors in their own village and the immediate surroundings. On

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