Indonesian postcolonial theatre: spectral genealogies and absent faces

Indonesian Postcolonial Theatre explores modern theatrical practices in Indonesia from a performance of Hamlet in the warehouses of Dutch Batavia to Ratna Sarumpaet's feminist Muslim Antigones. The book reveals patterns linking the colonial to the postcolonial eras that often conflict with the historical narratives of Indonesian nationalism. INDICE: - List of Illustrations - Series Editor's Preface - Preface - Introduction: colonial foundations and precessions of postcoloniality - Unimaginable Communities: theatres of Eurasian and Chinese Batavia - Sites of Disappearance: expatriate ghosts on ephemeral stages - Despite Their Failings: spectres of foreign professionalism - Hamlet and Caligula: echoes of a voice, unclear in origin - Umat as Rakyat: performing Islam through veils of nationalism - Teater Reformasi: the lingering smile of the absent father - Conclusion: forgetting the monotonous nation - Appendix. a timeline of 'Indonesian' and 'Batavian'histories - Notes - Works Cited - Index -

• ISBN: 978-0-230-54688-2
• Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 280
• Fecha Publicación: 10/03/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés