Performers and Their Arts : Folk, Popular and Classical Genres in a Changing India
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Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
0415401135
ISBN-13
9780415401135
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint
Routledge India
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
May 30th, 2006
Print length
332 Pages
Weight
780 grams
Product Classification:
Dance & other performing arts
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A fascinating study that seeks to determine whether the performing arts are still alive in India today. A respected team of contributors examine the role culture and tradition have played in building a performing memory bank of great depth and range.
Introduction Part I: Caste, Community and performance
- A ritual performance of Kerala, Vayala Vasudevan Pillai
- The Patuas of Bengal, Makbul Islam
- Bards and goddesses: The Pombalas in Tirupati, Anand Akundy
- Explorations in the art forms of the Cindu madigas in Andhra, Y A Sudhakar Reddy and R R Harischandra
- Caste identity and performance in a fisher-village of Assam, Kishore Bhattacharjee
- Telugu pady natakam in Andhra: Performance dynamics, P Subbachary
- Modernising tradition: The yaksagana in Karnataka, Guru Rao Bapat
- Kalarippayatt as aesthetics and the politics of invisibility in Kerala, P K Sasidharan
- India People’s Theatre Association in colonial Andhra, V Ramakrishna
- Gaddar and the politics and pain of singing, D Venkat Rao
- Reviving moghal tamsa in Orissa, Sachi Mohanty
- New directions in Indian dance, Sunil Kothari
- Transpositions in kuchipudi dance, Aruna Bhikshu
- The impact of commercialization in dance, K Subadra Murthy
- Art addressing social problems, Ananda Shankar Jayant
Part II: Performance Beyond Caste
Part III: Classical Dance and its Successors
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