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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786752003321

Autore

Zubko Katherine C.

Titolo

Dancing bodies of devotion : fluid gestures in Bharata natyam / / Katherine C. Zubko

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland ; ; Plymouth, England : , : Lexington Books, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

0-7391-9584-0

0-7391-8729-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (271 p.)

Collana

Studies in Body and Religion

Disciplina

793.3/1954

Soggetti

Bharata natyam

Dance - Religious aspects

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Abbreviations; Note on Transliteration; Acknowledgments; Introduction; PART I. RELIGIOUS BODIES; Chapter 1. Rasa: A Taste of the Divine; Chapter 2. Balasaraswati and Krishna Ni Begane Baro; Chapter 3. Francis Barboza and Christian Themes; Part I Conclusion. Bhakti Rasa: A Re -Personalized Aesthetic of Devotion; PART II. CULTURAL BODIES; Chapter 4. Rasa and Bhakti as Indian Categories; Chapter 5. Dhananjayans' Sang̣hamitrā; Chapter 6. Kalai Kaviri's Gāyatrī Mantra; Part II Conclusion. Is There an Indian Way to Dance Devotion?; PART III. ETHICAL BODIES

Chapter 7. Nātỵa as Visual Education and the Ethics of RasaChapter 8. Dhananjayans' Stree (Woman); Chapter 9. Monica Cooley's Morality Tales and Bhagavad Gītā Śabdam; Part III Conclusion. An Ethics of Bhakti Rasa: Performance of a Moral Mood; PART IV. PLURALISTIC BODIES; Chapter 10. Unity and Multiplicity of Rasa; Chapter 11. Malini Srinivasan and Sufi Qawwāli; Chapter 12. Tehreema Mitha and Ratt Jaga (The Vigil); Part IV Conclusion. Revisiting "Unity in Diversity"; Conclusion. Toward a Poetics of Mediation; Glossary; Illustrated Glossary of Gestures; References; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

<span><span>This ethnography examines how contemporary dancers



of Bharata Natyam, a traditionally Hindu storytelling dance form, embody Buddhist, Muslim, Christian and Jain narratives. These dancers choreographically adapt various religious identities and ideas in order to emphasize pluralistic cultural and ethical dimensions in their work. Through the dancing body, multiple religious and secular interpretations are able to co-exist.</span></span>