Performance and culture : narrative, image and enactment in India /

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Author / Creator:Verma, Archana.
Imprint:Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars, 2011.
Description:1 online resource (154 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11099979
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ISBN:9781443828321
1443828327
1283142740
9781283142748
1443827355
9781443827355
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 135-143) and index.
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Summary: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 ...
Other form:Print version: Verma, Archana. Performance and culture. Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars, 2011 1443827355
Standard no.:9786613142740