Puppets and Cities

Articulating Identities in Southeast Asia

Jennifer Goodlander (Indiana University, USA)

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English

Methuen Drama
13 December 2018

Theatre Studies; Puppetry, miniature & toy theatre

Nations in Southeast Asia have gone through a period of rapid change within the last century as they have grappled with independence, modernization, and changing political landscapes. Governments and citizens strive to balance progress with the need to articulate identities that resonate with the pre-colonial past and look towards the future. Puppets and Cities: Articulating Identities in Southeast Asia addresses how puppetry complements and combines with urban spaces to articulate present and future cultural and national identities. Puppetry in Southeast Asia is one of the oldest and most dynamic genres of performance. Bangkok, Jakarta, Phnom Penh, and other dynamic cities are expanding and rapidly changing. Performance brings people together, offers opportunities for economic growth, and bridges public and private spheres. Whether it is a traditional shadow performance borrowing from Star Wars or giant puppets parading down the street—this book examines puppets as objects and in performance to make culture come alive.

Based on several years of field research—watching performances, working with artists, and interviewing key stakeholders in Southeast Asian cultural production—the book offers a series of rich case studies of puppet performance from various locations, including: theatre in suburban Bangkok; puppets in museums in Jakarta, Indonesia; puppet companies from Laos PDR, the National Puppet Theatre of Vietnam, and the Giant Puppet Project in Siem Reap, Cambodia; new global puppetry networks through social media; and how puppeteers came together from around the region to create a performance celebrating ASEAN identity.

By: Jennifer Goodlander (Indiana University USA)
Imprint: Methuen Drama
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 138mm,
Weight: 404g
ISBN: 9781350044418
ISBN 10: 1350044415
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 13 December 2018
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Note on the Text Chapter 1: Cities, Puppets, and Identity Chapter 2: Museums: Sites of Display and Identity Chapter 3: Spaces of Healing: Sbeik Thom in New York City Chapter 4: Negotiating the Past and Present through Spectacle Chapter 5: Considering Nature in Relation to Urban Identities Chapter 6: Inventing Middle-Class Tradition in Thailand Chapter 7: Puppetry and Identity in Virtual Worlds Chapter 8: Conclusion- Puppet Exchanges and Regional Identity in George Town Glossary Notes References Index

Jennifer Goodlander is an Associate Professor at Indiana University, USA—teaching in theatre and comparative literature and is Director of the Southeast Asian and ASEAN Studies Program. Her book, Women in the Shadows: Gender, Puppets, and the Power of Tradition in Bali was published in 2016. She has published numerous articles and book chapters on the relationship of tradition to modernity within Southeast Asian Societies. She also performs Balinese shadow puppetry in the US and internationally.

Reviews for Puppets and Cities: Articulating Identities in Southeast Asia

Puppets and Cities is an excellent resource for all students of Southeast Asian puppetry, as well as for theatre and performance scholars more generally … The breadth of this study is unique and admirable; its expansive look at Southeast Asia reveals a complex web of cross-cultural connections within both traditional practices and modern aspirations. * Theatre Journal *