Ramayana Theater in Contemporary Southeast Asia

The book examines the imagery of the hero’s character applied in Thai content culture The moral values indicated in the popular episodes of Ramayana in Balinese shadow puppetry The current situation of Ramayana arts in Cambodia The fluctuating interpretation and acceptance of creative art works based on Ramayana among the Indian diaspora in Singapore The representations of Ramayana theater in tourism culture in Java The history of representation and intellectuals’ perception of the Thai masked dance drama, khon and an on-going museum exhibition in Japan. It also includes two artworks by Indonesian cross-gender dancer Didik Nini Thowok and Indonesian animator (dalang) Nanang Ananto Wicaksono.