ID: 058

Author: Groenendael, Victoria M. Clara van

Title: Java en Madura in de uitvoerende kunsten : Th.G.Th. Pigeauds Javaanse volksvertoningen en latere studies, 1817-1995 by Victoria M. Clara van Groenendael. Leiden, KITLV Uitgeverij, 1995. 267p. maps, 24 cm. Series: Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde Working papers / Werkdocumenten 0923-5418; 7. ISBN 9067180432.

Coverage: Strictly speaking, devoted to the performing arts of Java and Madura, but in a wider sense, covers many additional aspects of Javanese folk art, culture and mythology. Provides an analysis of Pigeaud's standard 1938 study of the performing arts, together with an annotated bibliography of other works written between 1817 and 1995.

No. of items: 913

Structure: In Dutch. Detailed cross-references and lengthy annotations. In three parts. Part I is an essay on the study of Javanese and Madurese performing arts during the colonial period. Part II consists of works written up to 1938, with references to where the work was cited in Pigeaud. Part III comprises studies published since 1938. Includes general, place-name and person indexes. With three appendices.

Evaluation: Bibliography Note "De verbeterde bibliografie van Pigeauds Javaanse volksvertoningen vormt hoofdstuk II". Thorough, comprehensive and scholarly. Probably the definitive bibliography on the subject.

Location: CHIFLEY PNZ6935.G76 1995; MENZIES reference PNZ6935.G76 1995;, NLA YY 016.95982 G874