02729nam 2200649 a 450 991046517430332120200520144314.097866104811630-19-803187-41-280-48116-11-4237-6231-20-19-513914-3(CKB)2560000000299991(EBL)3052101(OCoLC)922952612(SSID)ssj0000086168(PQKBManifestationID)11122058(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000086168(PQKBWorkID)10031017(PQKB)10670173(StDuBDS)EDZ0000074897(MiAaPQ)EBC3052101(Au-PeEL)EBL3052101(CaPaEBR)ebr10142500(CaONFJC)MIL48116(EXLCZ)99256000000029999120001004d2002 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtccrDancing the self[electronic resource] personhood and performance in the Pāṇḍav līlā of Garhwal /William S. SaxOxford ;New York Oxford University Press20021 online resource (237 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-513915-1 0-19-987165-5 Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-220) and index.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;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.Pāṇḍava līlāSelf-presentation in literatureFolk dramaIndiaGarhwālHistory and criticismElectronic books.Pāṇḍava līlā.Self-presentation in literature.Folk dramaHistory and criticism.398.2/0954/2Sax William Sturman1957-907321MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910465174303321Dancing the self2029767UNINA