Minority stages: Sino-Indonesian performance and public display

Contents

Introduction: performance in the background -- Delighting verie much in playes and singing: four hundred years of Xiqu in the Archipelago -- Glove, string, and shadow: Sino-Indonesian forms of Wayang -- Five ancestors, twice over: Chinese-language spoken theatre in Indonesia -- The disguised beloved: a Chinese narrative thread in commercial theatre -- Alumni networks and hybrid dances: Sino-Indonesian voluntary associations and performance -- Deities on parade: Sino-Indonesian ritual performance -- Conclusion: hindsight and prospects.