| Description |
1 online resource (154 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
1. Visual Language of the Divine Dance -- Text and Image of Shiva's Dance Sculptures in Indian Temples -- 2. Satirizing the Ideal -- Chaturbhani (A Collection of Four Sanskrit Burlesque Plays from Ancient India) -- 3. Eroticism in Indian Classical Dance -- Odissi -- 4. Satirizing the Sacred Narrative -- Dance-Drama from Kerala -- 5. Performance in the Folk Expressions of the Women of Mithila -- 6. Imageries of Power -- An Exegesis of Folk Performance Narratives -- 7. Cinematic Narration, Women Dancers and Cultural Memory of Ancient India -- Two Hindi Films Chitralekha (1964) and Amrapali (1966) |
| Summary |
This book deals with various aspects of performance in India; especially that related to dance and dance-drama. Rather than being a description of the various dance forms of India, it attempts to discuss various social equations and cultural ideas that a performance attempts to portray. In this sense, a performance is a narrative. At the same time, performances also deal with well-known narratives from the religious traditions of India, often redefining and recounting them in the process of p .. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 135-143) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Performing arts -- India -- History
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Dance -- India -- History
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Theater -- History & Criticism.
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Dance
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Performing arts
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Performance Künste
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Tanz
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India
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Indien
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2011431890 |
| ISBN |
9781443828321 |
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1443828327 |
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1283142740 |
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9781283142748 |
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9786613142740 |
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6613142743 |
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