The Encoded Cirebon Mask: Materiality, Flow, and Meaning along Java's Islamic Northwest Coast

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Laurie Margot Ross

The Encoded Cirebon Mask

Materiality, Flow, and Meaning along Java's Islamic Northwest Coast

Laurie Margot Ross

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Brill
08 September 2016

Dance & Performing arts; Asian history; Islamic worship, rites & ceremonies; Sufism & Islamic mysticism

Series: Studies on Performing Arts & Literature of the Islamicate World

In The Encoded Cirebon Mask: Materiality, Flow, and Meaning along Java’s Islamic Northwest Coast, Laurie Margot Ross situates masks and masked dancing in the Cirebon region of Java (Indonesia) as an original expression of Islam. This is a different view from that of many scholars, who argue that canonical prohibitions on fashioning idols and imagery prove that masks are mere relics of indigenous beliefs that Muslim travelers could not eradicate. Making use of archives, oral histories, and the performing objects themselves, Ross traces the mask’s trajectory from a popular entertainment in Cirebon—once a portal of global exchange—to a stimulus for establishing a deeper connection to God in late colonial Java, and eventual links to nationalism in post-independence Indonesia.

By: Laurie Margot Ross
Imprint: Brill
Volume: 2
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 155mm, Spine: 27mm
Weight: 725g
ISBN: 9789004311374
ISBN 10: 9004311378
Series: Studies on Performing Arts & Literature of the Islamicate World
Pages: 392
Publication Date: 08 September 2016
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Figures, Drawings, Map Introduction Part I: Cultural Markers Chapter 1: The Pasisir in the Age of Steam, Sail, and the Railway Chapter 2: Independence: Registration Cards, Theme Parks, and Topeng Tours Chapter 3: Floating Artists on the Circumambulatory Road Part II: Mystic Travelers Chapter 4: Tuning the Body: Dzikir Flows and Sonic Theism Chapter 5: Engaging the Body and the Senses Part III: Objects that Speak Chapter 6: Looking Closely: The Iconic Mask Chapter 7: Looking Closer: The Inner Face Chapter 8: Mapping Tarekat: Performing the Mosque/Grave Complex Conclusion Appendix I: The Topeng Cosmology Appendix II: Fitting Susuk Glossary Works Consulted

Laurie Margot Ross, Ph.D. (2009), University of California, Berkeley, is a researcher, curator, and educator of Islamic visual culture and performance, based in New York. She was an SSRC Transregional fellow at Cornell University and also taught at UC Berkeley.

Reviews for The Encoded Cirebon Mask: Materiality, Flow, and Meaning along Java's Islamic Northwest Coast

""This is a rare case of a scholar taking seriously the Islamic religious sentiments that underlie a local Southeast Asian artistic tradition."" - Shahzad Bashir, Lysbeth Warren Anderson Professor in Islamic Studies, Stanford University ""A mountain of fascinating information."" – Benedict Anderson, Aaron L. Binenkorb Late Professor Emeritus of Government and International Studies, Cornell University