Dislodged tales: Javanese goddesses and spirits on the silver screen
Indonesian films and television shows often feature popularly though only superficially known figures from Javanese mythology, including the Goddess of the Southern Ocean Nyai Roro Kidul and her counterpart the Queen of the Snakes Nyi Blorong. In this study I examine the effects of placing the stori...
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| Language: | English |
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BRILL
2008-12-01
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| Series: | Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde |
| Online Access: | http://www.kitlv-journals.nl/index.php/btlv/article/view/41 |