02949nam 2200577Ia 450 991078843680332120230713064920.01-283-14274-097866131427401-4438-2832-7(CKB)3360000000431485(EBL)1114507(OCoLC)816845439(SSID)ssj0000544516(PQKBManifestationID)12193555(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000544516(PQKBWorkID)10535418(PQKB)11401939(MiAaPQ)EBC1114507(Au-PeEL)EBL1114507(CaPaEBR)ebr10652743(CaONFJC)MIL314274(FINmELB)ELB144938(EXLCZ)99336000000043148520110120d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrPerformance and culture[electronic resource] narrative, image and enactment in India /by Archana VermaNewcastle upon Tyne Cambridge Scholars20111 online resource (164 p.)Description based upon print version of record.Print version: Verma, Archana. Performance and culture : narrative, image and enactment in India Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars, 2011. (OCoLC)697774496 1-4438-2735-5 Includes bibliographical references (p. [135]-143) and index.1. Visual Language of the Divine Dance -- Text and Image of Shiva's Dance Sculptures in Indian Temples -- 2. Satirizing the Ideal -- Chaturbhani (A Collection of Four Sanskrit Burlesque Plays from Ancient India) -- 3. Eroticism in Indian Classical Dance -- Odissi -- 4. Satirizing the Sacred Narrative -- Dance-Drama from Kerala -- 5. Performance in the Folk Expressions of the Women of Mithila -- 6. Imageries of Power -- An Exegesis of Folk Performance Narratives -- 7. Cinematic Narration, Women Dancers and Cultural Memory of Ancient India -- Two Hindi Films Chitralekha (1964) and Amrapali (1966).This book deals with various aspects of performance in India; especially that related to dance and dance-drama. Rather than being a description of the various dance forms of India, it attempts to discuss various social equations and cultural ideas that a performance attempts to portray. In this sense, a performance is a narrative. At the same time, performances also deal with well-known narratives from the religious traditions of India, often redefining and recounting them in the process of p...DanceIndiaPerforming artsIndiaHistoryDancePerforming artsHistory.792.0954Verma Archana600299MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910788436803321Performance and culture3825868UNINA