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Based on ethnographic fieldwork spanning twenty years, Power Plays is the first scholarly book in English on wayang golek, the Sundanese rod-puppet theater of West Java. It is a detailed and lively account of the ways in which performers of this major Asian theatrical form have engaged with political discourses in Indonesia. Wayang golek has shaped, as well, the technological and commercial conditions of art and performance in a modernizing society. Using interviews with performers, musical transcriptions, translations of narrative and song texts, and archival materials, author Andrew N. Weintraub analyzes the shifting and flexible nature of a set of performance practices called Padalangan, ...
The Curtain Within explores the management of social roles and symbols to achieve various goals by people living in a modern Haida community. Moiety and lineage, social rank, the rules of entitlement to inherited property, and the mode of thought encoded in mythology still have force in Haida society. Political action did not and does not take place within the context of formal political institutions; instead it exists through the management of the symbols of social relationships and of entitlement to tangible and intangible property.
This book combines ethnography, philosophy, and musical analysis for an in-depth look into the social context and musical praxis of gamelan gong gede, the largest gamelan orchestra of bronze gongs and percussion on the island of Bali. The Hindu-Balinese notion of three human qualities called triguna serves as an interpretive framework for categorizing the musical repertoire, according to both widespread religious knowledge and more esoteric wisdom. (Series: KlangKulturStudien/SoundCultureStudies - Vol. 2)
Puppetry Originated In India And Travelled Across The Seven Seas To The Eastern And Western World As Vouched By Many Scholars. Puppets Dated Back To A Period Well Before Bharata S Natya Shastra And Have Continued Unabated Throughout The Centuries In Almost All Indian States. Puppetry Is One Enduring Form, Which Has Entertained Masses And Educated People. The Famous Puppeteers Of Rajasthan Are Really Acrobats, Who Only Put On Puppet Shows When They Move Out Of Villages. These And A Thousand Other Scintillating Facts Come Out Of This Exciting Book For The Reader S Entertainment And Elucidation. Puppets Are By No Means For Only Children, -- As The Puppeteers Of Orissa Sing And Dance About The R...
Includes reports of meetings of the institute.
Self-contained presentation: from elementary material to state-of-the-art research; Much of the theory in book-form for the first time; Connections are made between probability and other areas of mathematics, engineering and mathematical physics
Halayudha berhasil mengubur Gendhuk Tri dalam satu liang bersama Naga Nareswara. Sementara Upasara Wulung berusaha menemukan ketenteraman hati di rumah kediaman Pak Toikromo, penduduk desa yang begitu lugu ingin mengangkat Upasara sebagai menantu. Justru pada saat itu muncul tokoh sakti mandraguna yang dikenal dengan nama Bik Suka Bintulu. Tongkat kurus kecilnya menyebarkan maut. Korbannya termasuk Pak Toikromo, seluruh penduduk, dan Galih Kaliki. Upasara bertekad menuntut balas. Meskipun ia mengetahui bahwa pulihnya tenaga dalamnya berkat bantuan tokoh sakti yang wajahnya hancur itu, yang adalah guru Halayudha, juga guru Ugrawe! Pemunculan Bik Suka Bintulu bersamaan dengan semua tokoh sakti di seluruh jagat karena undangan Eyang Sepuh. Pertemuan di Trowulan itu untuk menentukan siapa yang paling sakti, yang diadakan setiap lima puluh tahun sekali. Apakah Upasara Wulung yang juga terkurung dalam kuburan bawah tanah bisa ikut serta dalam pertemuan di Trowulan yang diatur oleh Halayudha? Ataukah ia terseret bermain dengan dua putri kekasih abadi yang kini menjadi permaisuri?
Menginspirasi orang itu pekerjaan yang penuh tantangan karena selain diperlukan kepandaian, dan seni, juga talenta. Tak ada yang menyangkal, apalagi jika Anda adalah seorang penyelia, manajer, direktur atau pejabat di pemerintah atau di departemen atau organisasi apa pun. Di buku inilah Anda akan menemukan cara dan kiat untuk menginspirasi, menyemangati dan menangani orang dan karyawan Anda. Jika Anda pernah membaca buku-buku tentang cara pengelolaan bisnis, buku ini beda dan jarang ditemukan ketika kita belajar di bangku sekolah. Bacalah artikel-artikel yang penuh pembelajaran dari seorang yang telah malang melintang di lapangan langsung yang berhubungan dengan orang atau karyawan. Kita akan dengan mudah memahami misalnya kenapa maskapai A nyaris zero complain tetapi kenapa maskapai B terkenal dengan julukan suka telat. Atau, kenapa dulu PLN sering byar pet, kenapa sekarang ia bisa menguranginya dengan drastis? Salah satu kunci pengendalinya adalah faktor manusia.
Flutter is a popular open-source framework for creating high-performance, cross-platform mobile applications. With its fast development cycle, expressive and flexible UI, and powerful APIs, Flutter has become a go-to choice for many developers around the world. Whether you're a seasoned developer or just starting out, this book will help you learn the basics of Flutter and develop your own mobile applications with confidence.
This title contains lectures that offer an introduction to modern topics in stochastic partial differential equations and bring together experts whose research is centered on the interface between Gaussian analysis, stochastic analysis, and stochastic PDEs.