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Shame and stage fright in Java

Ethos11 (3) • Published In 1983 • Pages: 152-165

By: Keeler, Ward.

Abstract
This article explores why the Javanese, like the Balinese, seem to have stage fright. Based on closer analysis of Javanese etiquette and concepts of self and identity, the author disagrees with this view. Interviews with individual actors shows that what they expereince when asked to perfom is not stage fright, but something which the author called 'status fright', a fear that the role one plays on stage would confuse people about one's true 'self' and real identity in the community.
Subjects
Drives and emotions
Social personality
Etiquette
Ethics
Ethnopsychology
Techniques of socialization
Family relationships
Status of children
Transmission of cultural norms
Status, role, and prestige
Ethos
culture
Javanese
HRAF PubDate
2010
Region
Asia
Sub Region
Southeast Asia
Document Type
article
Evaluation
Creator Type
Anthropologist
Document Rating
5: Excellent Primary Data
Analyst
Teferi Abate Adem; 2009
Field Date
1971-1974, 1978-1979
Coverage Date
1971-1983
Coverage Place
Java, Indonesia
Notes
Ward Keeler
Includes bibliographical references (p. 164-165)
LCCN
73643517
LCSH
Javanese (Indonesian people)