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Pipit Rochijat's subversive mythologies: the Suharto era and beyond Clark, Marshall 2006, Pipit Rochijat's subversive mythologies: the Suharto era and beyond, Asian folklore studies, vol. 65, no. 1, pp. 21-44. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Pipit Rochijat's subversive mythologies: the Suharto era and beyond Author(s) Clark, Marshall Journal name Asian folklore studies Volume number 65 Issue number 1 Start page 21 End page 44 Publisher Nanzan University Place of publication Nagoya, Japan Publication date 2006 ISSN 0385-2342 0388-0370 Keyword(s) Pipie Rochijat modern Indonesian literature Javanese wayang shadow puppet theatre Mahabharata Ramayana Summary This article examines Indonesian émigré Pipit Rochijat's attempts to adapt and renew the tales of the traditional shadow theatre, the wayang. The significance of Pipit's subversive mythologies lies in the historical context in which these reinterpretations occurred: at the height of Suharto's New Order regime in the mid 1980s. At a time when censorship and self-censorship had virtually crippled the critical impulse of Indonesian cultural expression, the return to mythology was in a significant sense an attempt to evade, critique, and undermine the authorities. By appropriating the very same symbols and language in which the New Order authoritarian regime had manipulated so effectively, Indonesian dissidents such as Pipit discovered the perfect symbolic weapon with which to radicalize their opposition. Notes Later title : Asian Ethnology Language eng Field of Research 200516 Indonesian Literature Socio Economic Objective 970120 Expanding Knowledge in Language, Communication and Culture HERDC Research category C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal ERA Research output type C Journal article Copyright notice ©Nanzan University Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30004319 Document type: Journal Article Collection: School of International and Political Studies Related Links Link Description Connect to published version Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Mon, 03 Nov 2008, 10:05:07 EST Thu, 11 Jun 2009, 08:55:23 EST Fri, 09 Apr 2010, 16:00:53 EST Tue, 12 Oct 2010, 14:43:52 EST Wed, 02 Apr 2014, 10:41:24 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 441 Abstract Views, 0 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Mon, 07 Jul 2008, 09:17:59 EST

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