Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Note on Transliteration -- List of Contributors -- Introduction -- Literacy and the Epic in the Malay World -- Fluid and Fixed Texts in india -- Literacy and the Changing Concept of Text: Women's Ramayana Maṇḍalī in Central india -- Javanese Mahabharata Stories: Oral Performances and Written Texts -- Words Made Flesh: The Banaras Rāmlīlā as Epic Commentary -- Epic Transmission and adaptation: A Folk Ramayana in South india -- Palm Leaf and Performance: The Epics in Balinese theater
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Includes bibliographical references
Notes
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