LEADER 03872nam 2200637 a 450 001 9910418348803321 005 20250705110035.0 010 $a9780472127757 010 $a0472127756 010 $a9780891480624 010 $a0891480625 024 7 $a10.3998/mpub.19503 035 $a(CKB)5590000000000299 035 $a(OCoLC)1184507713 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse91934 035 $a(MiU)10.3998/mpub.19503 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6324737 035 $aEBL7007888 035 $a(OCoLC)1328134120 035 $a(AU-PeEL)EBL7007888 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7007888 035 $a(ODN)ODN0009239671 035 $a(EXLCZ)995590000000000299 100 $a19920217d1991 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurm|#||||nn|n 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aBoundaries of the text $eepic performances in South and Southeast Asia /$fedited by Joyce Burkhalter Flueckiger and Laurie J. Sears 210 $d2020 210 1$aAnn Arbor, Michigan :$cUniversity of Michigan Press,$d1991. 215 $a1 online resource (x, 161 pages) $cillustrations; digital, PDF file(s) 225 1 $aMichigan Papers on South and Southeast Asia ;$vno. 35 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$aPrint version: 9780891480624 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 330 $aWhen the Mahabharata and Ramayana are performed in South and Southeast Asia, audiences may witness a variety of styles. A single performer may deliver a two-hour recitation, women may meet in informal singing groups, shaddow puppets may host an all-night play, or professional theaters may put on productions lasting thirty nights. Performances often celebrate ritual passages: births, deaths, marriages, and religious observances. The stories live and are transmitted through performance; their characters are well known and well loved. Yet written versions of the Mahabharata and Ramayana have existed in both South and Southeast Asia for hundreds of years. Rarely have these texts been intended for private reading. What is the relationship between written text and oral performance? What do performers and audiences mean when they identify something as "Ramayana" or "Mahabharata"? How do they conceive of texts? What are the boundaries of the texts? By analyzing specific performance traditions, Boundaries of the Text addresses questions of what happens to written texts when they are preformed and how performance traditions are affected when they interact with written texts. The dynamics of this interaction are of particular interest in South and Southeast Asia where oral performance and written traditions share a long, interwoven history. The contributors to Boundaries of the Text show the difficulty of maintaining sharp distinctions between oral and written patterns, as the traditions they consider defy a unidirectional movement from oral to written. The boundaries of epic traditions are in a state of flux, contracting or expanding as South and Southeast Asian societies respond to increasing access to modern education, print technology, and electronic media. 410 0$aMichigan papers on South and Southeast Asia ;$vno. 35. 606 $aTheater$zSouth Asia 606 $aTheater$zSoutheast Asia 606 $aEpic literature$xHistory and criticism 615 0$aTheater 615 0$aTheater 615 0$aEpic literature$xHistory and criticism. 676 $a792/.0954 686 $aPER000000$aSOC000000$aSOC008000$2bisacsh 700 $aFlueckiger$b Joyce 701 $aSears$b Laurie J$g(Laurie Jo)$0652925 701 $aFlueckiger$b Joyce Burkhalter$0960794 801 0$bMiU 801 1$bMiU 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910418348803321 996 $aBoundaries of the Text$92429223 997 $aUNINA