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    Earth Dance, the story of four generations of Balinese women, centers on conflicts that arise between the demands of caste and personal desires.Narrated by Ida Ayu Telaga, a Balinese woman in her thirties, the novel shows Balinese women—as depicted by her mother, grandmother and female peers—to be motivated by two factors: the yearning to be beautiful, and the desire for a high-caste husband. Headstrong Telaga defies her mother’s wishes and marries the man of her dreams, who is a commoner. Thus, in a reversal of societal expectations, as shown in the novel by images of women who aspire to “liberation” through “marrying up”, Telaga’s emancipation is implicitly characterized as a move downwards, through transformation to the status of a commoner. Earth Dance also reveals that—like high-caste status—beauty, too, has a price. Behind the thick, glossy hair and golden complexion, lies a web of jealousy, derision and intrigue. Telaga, whose life is controlled by her mother’s avarice, her mother-in-law’s bitterness and the greed of her sister-in-law, has frequent cause to wonder: “Is this what it means to be a woman?”

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    Earth Dance, the story of four generations of Balinese women, centers on conflicts that arise between the demands of caste and personal desires.Narrated by Ida Ayu Telaga, a Balinese woman in her thirties, the novel shows Balinese women—as depicted by her mother, grandmother and female peers—to be motivated by two factors: the yearning to be beautiful, and the desire for a high-caste husband. Headstrong Telaga defies her mother’s wishes and marries the man of her dreams, who is a commoner. Thus, in a reversal of societal expectations, as shown in the novel by images of women who aspire to “liberation” through “marrying up”, Telaga’s emancipation is implicitly characterized as a move downwards, through transformation to the status of a commoner. Earth Dance also reveals that—like high-caste status—beauty, too, has a price. Behind the thick, glossy hair and golden complexion, lies a web of jealousy, derision and intrigue. Telaga, whose life is controlled by her mother’s avarice, her mother-in-law’s bitterness and the greed of her sister-in-law, has frequent cause to wonder: “Is this what it means to be a woman?”

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    Modern Library of Indonesia Series

    Earth Dance (Tarian Bumi) by Oka Rusmini



    Oka Rusminis Earth Dance is an important contribution to this literary process of exposing the
    underbelly of Bali. With its publication Oka Rusmini joins two minority groups in contemporary
    Indonesian literatureBalinese novelists, and female novelists
    Prof. Pamela Allen


    Earth Dance, the story of four generations of Balinese women,
    centers on conflicts that arise between the demands of caste
    and personal desires.Narrated by Ida Ayu Telaga, a Balinese
    woman in her thirties, the novel shows Balinese womenas
    depicted by her mother, grandmother and female peersto be
    motivated by two factors: the yearning to be beautiful, and the
    desire for a high-caste husband.
    Headstrong Telaga defies her mothers wishes and marries the
    man of her dreams, who is a commoner. Thus, in a reversal of
    societal expectations, as shown in the novel by images of
    women who aspire to liberation through marrying up,
    Telagas emancipation is implicitly characterized as a move
    downwards, through transformation to the status of a
    commoner.
    Earth Dance also reveals thatlike high-caste statusbeauty,
    too, has a price. Behind the thick, glossy hair and golden
    complexion, lies a web of jealousy, derision and intrigue. Telaga,
    whose life is controlled by her mothers avarice, her mother-in-
    laws bitterness and the greed of her sister-in-law, has frequent
    cause to wonder: Is this what it means to be a woman?

    Oka Rusmini writes poetry, novels, and short stories. Her work has received
    many awards. In 2003 her novel Tarian Bumi (Earth Dance) earned her a place
    as one of the recipients of the literary achievement awards of the Center for
    Documentation of Language of the Indonesian Department of Education. Her
    published works include: Monolog Pohon (poems, 1997),Tarian Bumi (novel,
    2000), Sagra (short stories, 2001), Kenanga (novel, 2003), Patiwangi (poems,
    2003), Warna Kita (poems, 2007), Pandora (poems, 2008), and Tempurung
    (novel, 2010). This novel, Tarian Bumi (Earth Dance), has also been translated
    into German and published in Germany under the tittle Erdentanz.

    Size: 14 x 21,5 x 1.1 cm, weight: 250 gr.
    Pages: 164 pp, Binding: Softcover
    ISBN: 978-979-8083-82-2
    Price: IDR 150,000, USD 18.00,-


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