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Author: Author's name as listed in Library of Congress records
Anderson, Benedict R. O'G. (Benedict Richard
O'Gorman), 1936-
Title:
Mythology and the tolerance of the Javanese
Published By: Original publisher
Ithaca, N.Y.: Modern Indonesia Project, Southeast Asia
Program, Dept. of Asian Studies, Cornell University. 1965. 10, 77 p. ill.
By line: Author's name as appearing in the actual publication
Benedict R. O'G. Anderson
HRAF Publication Information: New Haven, Conn.:
Human Relations Area Files, 2019. Computer File
Culture: Culture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC) with the alphanumberic OWC identifier in parenthesis.
Javanese (OE05)
Subjects: Document-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Spirits and gods (776);
Literary texts (539);
Abstract: Brief 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” (p. x). 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.
Document Number: HRAF's in-house numbering system derived from the processing order of documents
30
Document ID: HRAF's unique document identifier. The first part is the OWC identifier and the second part is the document number in three digits.
oe05-030
Document Type: May include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs or chapters/parts of monographs.
Monograph
Language: Language that the document is written in
English
Note:
Includes bibliographical references
Field Date: The date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1964
Evaluation: In this alphanumeric code, the first part designates the type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigene, and so on. The second part is 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
Political Scientist-4,5
Analyst: The HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection.
Eleanor C. Swanson ; 1982
Coverage Date: The date or dates that the information in the document pertains to (often not the same as the field date).
1964
Coverage Place: Location of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Java, Indonesia
LCSH: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Javanese (Indonesian people)/Mythology, Javanese//National
characteristics, Javanese//Toleration
