1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910465174303321

Autore

Sax William Sturman <1957->

Titolo

Dancing the self [[electronic resource] ] : personhood and performance in the Pāṇḍav līlā of Garhwal / / William S. Sax

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2002

ISBN

9786610481163

0-19-803187-4

1-280-48116-1

1-4237-6231-2

0-19-513914-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (237 p.)

Disciplina

398.2/0954/2

Soggetti

Pāṇḍava līlā

Self-presentation in literature

Folk drama - India - Garhwāl - History and criticism

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-220) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction: The Performative Construction of the Self; Prologue: The Mahabhrata Story; 1. The Sutol Pandav L; 2. The Dance of the Cowherd: Pandav L; as a Regional Tradition; 3. Hunting the Rhinoceros: Pandav L; as a Man's Sport; 4. A Theater of Hegemony: Pandav L: as a Rajput Tradition; 5. Violent Women: Draupadi and Kunti in the Pandav L; 6. A Divine King in the Western Himalayas; 7. The Hall of Mirrors: Orientalism, Anthropology, and the ""Other""; Bibliography; Index;

Sommario/riassunto

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.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910782321203321

Autore

Olsaretti Serena

Titolo

Desert and justice [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Serena Olsaretti

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, : Clarendon, 2007

ISBN

1-383-04017-6

1-281-34629-2

0-19-153187-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xi, 269 p. ) : ill

Collana

Mind Association occasional series Desert and justice

Mind Association occasional series

Altri autori (Persone)

OlsarettiSerena

Disciplina

172.2

Soggetti

Merit (Ethics)

Justice (Philosophy)

Distributive justice - Philosophy

Philosophy

Ethics

Philosophy & Religion

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally published: 2003.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-263) and index.

Sommario/riassunto

Serena Olsaretti brings together essays by leading moral and political philosophers examining the relation between desert and justice. They also illuminate the nature of distributive justice, and the relationship between desert and other values, such as equality and responsibility.