Masks and Selves in Contemporary Java: The Dances of Didik Nini Thowok (original) (raw)

Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, 2005

Abstract

This essay reflects on the plays of masks and selves in the dances and the life of Didik Nini Thowok, and the resonances between dance and life. An Indonesian of Chinese descent and a female impersonator whose comic dances combine different regional styles, Didik upsets notions of ethnic and gender stereotypes and identities, the notion of identity itself.

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