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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.

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Author:Preciosa de Joya
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):License LogoCreative Commons - CC BY-SA - Namensnennung - Weitergabe unter gleichen Bedingungen 4.0 International