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Author Mason, David V. (David Vaughn)

Title Theatre and religion on Krishna's stage : performing in Vrindavan / David V. Mason
Edition 1st ed
Published New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009

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Description 1 online resource (195 pages) : illustrations
Series Palgrave studies in theatre and performance history
Palgrave studies in theatre and performance history.
Contents Theatre is God -- Krishna, Lila, and Freedom -- Origins of Child Performers in the Râs Lila -- Acting in the Râs Lila and Real Realism -- Theatre is Religion: the Acting Audience
Summary Theatre and Religion on Krishna's Stage examines the history and form of India's râs lila folk theatre, and discusses how this theatre functions as a mechanism of worship and spirituality among Krishna devotees in India. From analyses of performances and conversations with performers, audience, and local scholars, Mason argues that ŕs lila actors and audience alike actively assume roles that locate them together in the spiritual reality that the play represents. Correlating Krishna devotion and theories of religious experience, this book suggests that the emotional experience of theatrical fiction may arise from the propensity of audiences to play out roles of their own through which they share a performance's reality
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-189) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Krishna (Hindu deity) -- In the performing arts -- India -- Vrindāvan
Krishna (Hindu deity)
Krischna.
Rāsalīlā -- Social aspects -- India -- Vrindāvan
Theater -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism.
Hinduism and culture -- India -- Vrindāvan
Theatre studies.
PERFORMING ARTS -- Theater -- History & Criticism.
Performing Arts.
Theater -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism
Hinduism and culture
Rāsalīlā Theater
Verehrung
India -- Vrindāvan
Vrindaban
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780230621589
0230621589
9780230615298
0230615295