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Record Nr.

UNINA9910827963303321

Autore

Sax William Sturman <1957->

Titolo

Dancing the self : personhood and performance in the Pandav lila 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

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (237 p.)

Disciplina

398.2/0954/2

Soggetti

Pandava lila

Self-presentation in literature

Folk drama - India - Garhwal - History and criticism

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.