Aesthetic Authority and the Shaping of the Bedhaya Dance Genre in the Mangkunegaran Principality: A Historical and Aesthetic Narrative
Indah Cahyasari & Sriyadi · Asian Research Journal of Arts & Social Sciences · 2026
Aims: This study examines how aesthetic authority was exercised by the rulers of the Mangkunegaran Principality, particularly from Mangkunegara VII to Mangkunegara IX, in sustaining, reactualising, and developing the bedhaya dance genre as a representation of cultural identity an...
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10.9734/arjass/2026/v24i8926