Index

Abimanyu, Death of 89, 91, 154-5 Bagong (clown) 93 adi luhung 118 balungan aesthetic(s) analogy to human body 21 and interpretation 159-60 and pathet 22 and rasa 12-3, 104-5, 103-30 relationship to melodies played by and behaviour 12-3 other instruments 21 and sameness 42-4 relationship to parts played by and restraint 12, 104-6 panerusan 22 continuity and culture 159-60 Basukeswara, Prabu 145, 148, 151 experiencing 105, 109 Batara 82-3 in ethnomusicological analysis 16 batik see sameness Kaluli 16 Becker, Alton 16, 42, 80 of gendered, generative interaction Becker, Judith 16, 42, 70, 80-1 104, 106-7 81, 84, 86-7, 90-101, 157-8, 160-1 Bedaya Ketawang 62-3 of grimingan and Nyai Lara Kidul 62-3 of old in 157-8 Bejonugraha, Ki 135 of old-style wayang 17, 100-1, 135 Bemmelen, Sita van 95 connecting court and old-style Benamou, Marc 106-7 wayang through 138-9 see also gapuran; kedhatonan and female gender players 157-8 of wayang 15, 17, 133-4 Javanese additions to, many scenes refinement in music 12 with women 153-7 as primary aesthetic in court in Javanese interpretation of 7, 137, 140, twentieth century 12 142, 144, 147-8, 151-3 Ageng Sela, Kyai 88-90, 92, 99 see also gapuran; kedhatonan see also genderan and genderan, Bicak, Ki 89-90 female-style kempul pusaka 89-92 Agung, Sultan 87, 92 wife of 88-91 Andaya, Barbara 71-2 binariness in Java 70, 80-1 Anderson, Benedict 55-6, 68, 70, 73-5 and chaos and order 81 arrivals and Dutch structuralists 80 and coincidence 42 complementarity 81 and interpreting myths 143 Brenner, Suzanne 55, 57-8, 82 as structure 160-1 Brinner, Benjamin 28, 109 between 42-3 Buwana II, Ratu Paku 63 Buwana IX, Paku 58, 73 Babad Demak 88-90 Babad Tanah Jawi 88-9 Carey, Peter 60-1, 68 180 Index cengkok 121, 123-4 as source for ‘high art’ genres 7, 11, chaos and order 81, 94-5 48, 118 and aesthetic of instability 156 as preservers of tradition 12 and female gender players 94-5 shift in focus from wayang to with male dhalang 157-8 karawitan/klenengan music 48-9 and gender 82, 85, 156-7 construction of/importation of and generativeness 86 traditions 11, 115, 118 and loyalty 151-5 dhalang invited to 11-2, 115-6 and preservation of knowledge 94-5 dhalang schools 116, 131, 133 and prosperity 81, 84, 96, 143 Dutch manipulation of 11 and rebutan and slametan 86-7 music culture gendered as male 13 and royal succession 80-1, 85 perceived as ‘ancient’ 11 see also myths -style wayang see wayang Clara van Groenendael, Victoria 115-6 succession, royal 80-1 coincidence 81 and chaos and order 85 and arrival 42 value for Dutch colonial and chaos 90 administration 11 and sameness 42 women edged out of power through and structure 42-3 colonial process 65-7 colonial administration, Dutch women’s social and political roles and codification of Javanese 61-3, 113 knowledge 114 culture, Javanese and male bias 65-6 Islamic nature of 1 and religion 106-7 syncretic nature of 70 control over courts not complete 67-8 worldviews in 70-1 Raden Ayu Kartini 67-8 cyclicity Raden Ayu Sekarkedhaton 67 in Javanese music 21 disempowerment of Javanese 64-7 gendering of Javanese as feminine Day, Tony 3, 155-6 65-6 Dewantara, Ki 112 interest in ‘ancient’ elements of dhalang Javanese culture 140 and aesthetics of Bharatayuddha 157-8 Islamic piety increase as response female 59 to 71 interaction with grimingan 40-1 women edged out of power by 65-7, married to gender player 15, 17 112-3 perspectives on urban popular style complementarity 135-6 as dynamic, interactive, and representing Javanese ruler 15, 96 gendered 81 schools, court 131, 133 Connor, Linda 154-5 successful, always innovating and continuousness (in grimingan), gender- responding 136, 139-40 ing of 121-2, 125-6 with female gender player, represent- courts, Javanese ing prosperity/fertility 96-7 and Nyai Lara Kidul 81 Dhedes, Queen of Singosari 85, 91 and refinement 7 Dipanegara war 71, 93 enhanced focus on rules 113 disorganization, gendering of 121 and music 113 see Uma/Durga