Dancing the self : personhood and performance in the Pandav lila of Garhwal / William S. Sax.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sax, William Sturman, 1957-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pāṇḍava līlā.

Self-presentation in literature.

Folk drama--India--Garhwal--History and criticism.

Folk drama.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (237 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford University Press 2002

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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;

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-220) and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

9786610481163

0-19-803187-4

1-280-48116-1

1-4237-6231-2

0-19-513914-3

OCLC:

922952612