Book
Mythology and the tolerance of the Javanese
Modern Indonesia Project, Southeast Asia Program, Dept. of Asian Studies, Cornell University • Ithaca, N.y. • Published In 1965 • Pages: 10, 77
By: Anderson, Benedict R. O'G. (Benedict Richard O'Gorman).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This source mainly contains descriptive information on the mythological characters—their physical appearances, their personal characteristics, and their roles—of the traditional wayang puppet plays. It is the author’s purpose in presenting these materials to “take wayang out of the framework of drama and literary studies…and try to put it in a wider sociological and psychological context, to see what clues it may provide for a deeper understanding of Javanese society”. In particular, he focuses on wayang as a mechanism for teaching tolerance of individual differences and for giving persons a sense of their individuality. These values are, he suggests being lost under conditions of Westernization, and wayang is changing from an educational and entertainment form to merely a form of entertainment.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Spirits and gods
- Literary texts
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Javanese
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2019
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Asia
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Southeast Asia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Political Scientist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Eleanor C. Swanson ; 1982
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1964
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Java, Indonesia
- NotesAdditional notes
- Benedict R. O'G. Anderson
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 67002748
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Javanese (Indonesian people)/Mythology, Javanese
- National characteristics, Javanese
- Toleration