Inside the drama-house Rama stories and shadow puppets in South India
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Format: | Elektronisch E-Book |
Sprache: | English |
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Berkeley, Calif.
University of California Press
©1996
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Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index The author describes the skill and physical stamina of the shadow puppeteers in Kerala state in South India as they perform the Tamil version of the Ramayana epic all night for as many as ten weeks during the festival season. The fact that these performances often take place without an audience forms the starting point for Blackburn's discussion which also explores the broader theoretical issues of text, interpretation, and audience |
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Beschreibung: | 1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 291 pages) |
ISBN: | 0520202058 0520202066 0520916808 0585111979 9780520916807 9780585111971 |