{"product_id":"women-in-the-shadows-jennifer-goodlander-9780896803039","title":"Women in the Shadows: Gender, Puppets, and the Power of Tradition in Bali","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWayang kulit, \u003c\/i\u003e or shadow puppetry, connects a mythic past to the present through public ritual performance and is one of most important performance traditions in Bali. The \u003ci\u003edalang, \u003c\/i\u003e or puppeteer, is revered in Balinese society as a teacher and spiritual leader. Recently, women have begun to study and perform in this traditionally male role, an innovation that has triggered resistance and controversy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eWomen in the Shadows, \u003c\/i\u003e Jennifer Goodlander draws on her own experience training as a dalang as well as interviews with early women dalang and leading artists to upend the usual assessments of such gender role shifts. She argues that rather than assuming that women performers are necessarily mounting a challenge to tradition, \"tradition\" in Bali must be understood as a system of power that is inextricably linked to gender hierarchy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eShe examines the very idea of \"tradition\" and how it forms both an ideological and social foundation in Balinese culture. Ultimately, Goodlander offers a richer, more complicated understanding of both tradition and gender in Balinese society. Following in the footsteps of other eminent reflexive ethnographies, \u003ci\u003eWomen in the Shadows\u003c\/i\u003e will be of value to anyone interested in performance studies, Southeast Asian culture, or ethnographic methods.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jennifer Goodlander\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0896803031\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780896803039\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ohio University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.93lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.63d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2017","brand":"Jennifer Goodlander","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48136188035327,"sku":"9780896803039","price":70.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_592cb63a-cfa6-4943-9740-cd1125703d99.jpg?v=1770161100","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/women-in-the-shadows-jennifer-goodlander-9780896803039","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}