Minority Stages: Sino-Indonesian Performance and Public Display offers intriguing new perspectives on historical and con
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Table of contents :
CONTENTS
Acknowledgments
Note on Style
Maps
Introduction: Performance in the Background
CHAPTER 1. Delighting Verie Much in Playes and Singing: Four Hundred Years of Xiqu in the Archipelago
CHAPTER 2. Glove, String, and Shadow: Sino-Indonesian Forms of Wayang
CHAPTER 3. Five Ancestors, Twice Over: Chinese-Language Spoken Theatre in Indonesia
CHAPTER 4. The Disguised Beloved: A Chinese Narrative Thread in Commercial Theatre
CHAPTER 5. Alumni Networks and Hybrid Dances: Sino-Indonesian Voluntary Associations and Performance
CHAPTER 6. Deities on Parade: Sino-Indonesian Ritual Performance
Conclusion: Hindsight and Prospects
Notes
References
Index
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