| Description |
1 online resource (333 p.) |
| Contents |
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Part I: Performing and Caste: Introduction -- 1. Sarpam tullal: A Ritualistic Performance of Kerala -- 2. Shifting Identity of Performing Artists: The Patuas of Bengal -- 3. Bards and Goddess Festivals: The Pombalas and the Gangamma Jatra of Tirupati -- 4. Story, Performance and Metaphors: Explorations in the Art Form of Cindu Madigas -- 5. Caste Identity and Performance of a Puranic Story: Subversion and Construction of Identity in a Fisherman Village of Assam |
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6. How About Some Artistic Recognition? Folk Performers in Post-Independence India -- Part II: Performance Beyond Caste: Introduction -- 7. Jendapai Kapiraju: The Performance Dynamics of Telugu Padya Natakam -- 8. Modernising Tradition: The Commercialisation of Yaksagāna in Karnataka -- 9. Kalarippayatt: Performance Paradigm as Aesthetics and Politics of Invisibility -- 10. Popular Culture and Political Mobilisation: The Indian People's Theatre Association in Colonial Andhra -- 11. Risking Spaces: The Politics and the Pain of Singing |
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12. Culture in a Globalised World: Reviving Bhadrak's Moghal Tamsa -- Part III: Classical Dance and its Successors: Introduction -- 13. New Directions in Indian Dance -- 14. Tradition and Change: Transpositions in Kuchipudi -- 15. Kuchipudi: Changing Patterns of Patronage -- 16. The Impact of Commercialisation on Indian Classical Dance -- 17. Art-Addressing Social Problems -- Suggested Further Readings -- Glossary -- Notes on Contributors -- Index |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Kadekar, Laxmi N
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| ISBN |
9781000084184 |
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1000084183 |
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