1st Edition
Puppet and Spirit: Ritual, Religion, and Performing Objects Volume I Sacred Roots: Material Entities, Consecrating Acts, Priestly Puppeteers
List of Figures
List of editors and contributors
Acknowledgments
Foreword
Introduction
Claudia Orenstein and Tim Cusack
SECTION I: Shamanic Lineages
- Puppets and Souls: Some Encounters in Korean Shaman Ritual
Laurel Kendall
2. Mamulengo and Spirituality: Are There Still Some Connections?
Izabela Brochado
3. Sogo bò: The Puppet Remains the Soul of the People, an Interview with Yaya Coulibaly
Heather Jeanne Denyer
4. The Hula Ki`i, The Dance of the Sacred Image, Hawaiian Puppetry: Nāpali Souza Interview with Auli’i Mitchell
Nāpali Souza and Auli'i Mitchell
SECTION II: Communal Celebrations
5. Japanese Karakuri Ningyō and the Performance of Shinto
Yasuko Senda and William Condee
6. Superhuman Superpowers: Puppets and Masks of Bhaona from the Assam Region of India
Deepsikha Chatterjee
7. Wayang Ritual Drama of Cirebon: Continuance of a Kratophanic Tradition
Matthew Isaac Cohen
8. "I Have Come to Do a Purification": Interview with Masako Nakauchi and Kimiyo Minami
Tomoe Kobayashi and Simon Moers
SECTION III: Powerful Players
9. Passing Down Through Shadows: Chinese Shadow Puppetry’s Ghostly Transmission
Annie Katsura Rollins
10. The Matter That Matters: An Exploration of Power and Materiality in Thai Nang Yai
Claudia Orenstein
11. Consecrated Puppets: The Puppet Deities of Southern China and Taiwan
Robin Ruizendaal
12. Exploring Spirituality in Tholpavakoothu Shadow Puppetry of Kerala: A Conversation with Puppeteer Ramachandra Pulavar
Sangeeth Sankar A. and Rahul Koonathara
SECTION IV: Doctrinal Dialogues
13. Islam, Animism and Animation of Objects: Growth and Restrictions of Puppetry Under the Shadow of Religion
Salma Mohseni Ardehali and Mir Mohammadreza Heydari
14. Saintly Puppet Masters and Sacred Clowning: Antinomian Religion and Patterns in Islamic Puppetry of Java
Kathy Foley
15. Performing Death: A Medieval Puppet of Christ
Michelle K. Oing
SECTION V: Holding Heritage
16. The Enchanted Kaavad: Hierophany in Motion
Nina Sabnani
17. Forging a Material Connection to the Divine: The Life Cycle Rituals of the Sefer Torah
Joseph Maybloom
Index
Biography
Claudia Orenstein is Professor of Theatre at Hunter College and the Graduate Center, CUNY. She has spent over a decade writing on contemporary and traditional puppetry in the US and Asia.
Tim Cusack is Adjunct Lecturer in Theatre at Hunter College. He was the co-founder and artistic director of Theatre Askew, an independent theatre company dedicated to the exploration of representations of queerness onstage. Puppetry has always been an aspect of his creative process.
