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The Punakawans make an untimely appearance : in praise of caves, shadows, and fire or A response to Plato's doctrine of truth
- This paper begins with a Bakhtinian reflection on Javanese shadow puppet theatre (wayang kulit), and explores errancy through carnival laughter embodied and performed by the wise, grotesque figures of clown-servants (punakawan). I argue, however, that here the real subversive power lies not in a combative position that erupts in a social revolution but in offering an alternative way of thinking and being, a deviation from the philosophical (Platonic) obsession for truth and heroic/historic gestures that claim to overcome ignorance and hegemonic/normative structures. Responding to the critique of so-called feudal elements in 'Javanism', I explore how the Javanese mantra, 'manunggaling kawula gusti' (the union of servant and lord), incessantly rehearsed in the stories and life of the people, reveals neither blindness nor self-dissimulation.
Author: | Preciosa de Joya |
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-704738 |
URL: | https://press.ici-berlin.org/doi/10.37050/ci-24/joya_the-punakawans-make-an-untimely-appearance.pdf |
URL: | http://2627-731X |
DOI: | https://doi.org/10.37050/ci-24_1 |
ISBN: | 978-3-96558-037-4 |
ISBN: | 978-3-96558-038-1 |
Parent Title (English): | Errans : going astray, being adrift, coming to nothing / ed. by Christoph F.E. Holzhey and Arnd Wedemeyer ; Cultural Inquiry ; 24 |
Publisher: | ICI Press |
Place of publication: | Berlin |
Document Type: | Part of a Book |
Language: | English |
Date of Publication (online): | 2022/10/06 |
Year of first Publication: | 2022 |
Publishing Institution: | Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg |
Release Date: | 2022/10/21 |
Tag: | Grotesque; Humour; Theatre-Philosophy Kejawen; Punakawan |
GND Keyword: | Wayang kulit; Humor; Das Groteske; Java; Wert; Philosophie |
Page Number: | 29 |
First Page: | 20 |
Last Page: | 47 |
HeBIS-PPN: | 508105668 |
Dewey Decimal Classification: | 7 Künste und Unterhaltung / 79 Sport, Spiele, Unterhaltung / 791 Öffentliche Darbietungen, Film, Rundfunk |
8 Literatur / 80 Literatur, Rhetorik, Literaturwissenschaft / 800 Literatur und Rhetorik | |
Sammlungen: | CompaRe | Allgemeine und Vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft |
Sammlung Musik, Theater, Film / Literatur zum Theater | |
CompaRe | Allgemeine und Vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft / ICI Berlin | |
Licence (German): | Creative Commons - CC BY-SA - Namensnennung - Weitergabe unter gleichen Bedingungen 4.0 International |