Introduction: The Performative Construction of the Self -- Prologue: The Mahabharata Story -- 1. The Sutol Pandav Lila -- 2. The Dance of the Cowherd: Pandav Lila as a Regional Tradition -- 3. Hunting the Rhinoceros: Pandav Lila as a Man's Sport -- 4. A Theater of Hegemony: Pandav Lila as a Rajput Tradition -- 5. Violent Women: Draupadi and Kunti in the Pandav Lila -- 6. A Divine King in the Western Himalayas -- 7. The Hall of Mirrors: Orientalism, Anthropology, and the "Other."
Summary
Over a period of ten years, William Sax studied the inhabitants of the former kingdom of Garhwal, located in north India. He saw and took part in many performances of the pandav lila, a ritual reenactment of scenes from the Mahabharata in dance
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-220) and index
