02696nam 2200637 a 450 991079224150332120230607230610.097866104811630-19-803187-41-280-48116-11-4237-6231-20-19-513914-3(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 criticismPāṇḍava līlā.Self-presentation in literature.Folk dramaHistory and criticism.398.2/0954/2Sax William Sturman1957-1474119MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910792241503321Dancing the self3796356UNINA