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Dancing the self [[electronic resource] ] : personhood and performance in the Pāṇḍav līlā of Garhwal / / William S. Sax



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Autore: Sax William Sturman <1957-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Dancing the self [[electronic resource] ] : personhood and performance in the Pāṇḍav līlā of Garhwal / / William S. Sax Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2002
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (237 p.)
Disciplina: 398.2/0954/2
Soggetto topico: Pāṇḍava līlā
Self-presentation in literature
Folk drama - India - Garhwāl - History and criticism
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.
Titolo autorizzato: Dancing the self  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 9786610481163
0-19-803187-4
1-280-48116-1
1-4237-6231-2
0-19-513914-3
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910792241503321
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