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Performing Otherness

Java and Bali on International Stages, 1905-1952

Palgrave Macmillan

Part of the book series: Studies in International Performance (STUDINPERF)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
  2. Introduction: The Spectacle of Otherness

    • Matthew Isaac Cohen
    Pages 1-22
  3. Mata Hari

    • Matthew Isaac Cohen
    Pages 23-35
  4. Wayang as Technology

    • Matthew Isaac Cohen
    Pages 36-47
  5. Eva Gauthier, Java to Jazz

    • Matthew Isaac Cohen
    Pages 48-72
  6. Stella Bloch and ‘Up to Date’ Java

    • Matthew Isaac Cohen
    Pages 73-105
  7. Raden Mas Jodjana and Company

    • Matthew Isaac Cohen
    Pages 106-139
  8. Magical Identification with Bali in France

    • Matthew Isaac Cohen
    Pages 140-152
  9. Greater India

    • Matthew Isaac Cohen
    Pages 153-174
  10. Devi Dja Goes Hollywood

    • Matthew Isaac Cohen
    Pages 175-208
  11. Aftermath: Decolonization

    • Matthew Isaac Cohen
    Pages 209-230
  12. Back Matter

    Pages 231-285

About this book

A far-reaching examination of exoticism, cultural internationalism and modernism's encounters with Indonesian tradition, Performing Otherness examines how Indonesia entered world stages through imperialism as an antimodern phantasm and through nationalism became a means of intercultural communication and cultural diplomacy.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Drama and Theatre, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK

    Matthew Isaac Cohen

About the author

MATTHEW ISAAC COHEN lectures in theatre at Royal Holloway, University of London, UK. He holds a Ph.D. in anthropology from Yale University and performs as a wayang kulit puppeteer. His 2006 book, The Komedie Stamboel: Popular Theater in Colonial Indonesia, 1891-1903, won the Benda Prize from the Association for Asian Studies.

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