Performing the Ramayana tradition : enactments, interpretations, and arguments / edited by Paula Richman and Rustom Bharucha.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bharucha, Rustom, 1953- editor.

Richman, Paula, editor.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Performance--Religious aspects--Hinduism.

Performance.

Vālmīki. Rāmāyaṇa.

Vālmīki.

Vālmīki--Adaptations.

Tulasīdāsa, 1532-1623. Rāmacaritamānasa.

Tulasīdāsa.

Kampar, active 9th century. Rāmāyaṇam.

Kampar.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (378 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour).

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : Oxford University Press, [2021]

Summary:

'Performing the Ramayana Tradition', edited by Ramayana scholar Paula Richman and Rustom Bharucha, scholar of Theater and Performance Studies, examines diverse retellings of the Ramayana narrative as interpreted and embodied through a spectrum of performances.

Contents:

Part I. Orientations and Beginnings: 1. The Ramayana Narrative Tradition as a Resource for Performance / Paula Richman

2. Thinking the Ramayana Tradition through Performance / Rustom Bharucha

3. The Story So Far...and Beyond: Ramayaṇa Sa?k?epam of Nepathya / Introduction and Translation by Rizio Yohannan Raj

Part II. The Politics of Caste: 4. Shambuk's Severed Head by Omprakash Valmiki / Translation by Aaron Sherraden

5. Recasting Shambuk in Three Hindi Anti-Caste Dramas / Aaron Sherraden

6. The Killing of Shambuk: A Retelling from a Director's Perspective / Sudhanva Deshpande

Part III. Interrogating the Anti-Hero: 7. Ravana Center Stage: Origins of Ravana and King of Lanka / Paula Richman

8. Ravana as Dissident Artist: The Tenth Head and Ravanama / Rustom Bharucha

8a. Script of The Tenth Head / Vinay Kumar

8b. Script of Ravanama / Maya Krishna Rao

Part IV. Performing Gender: 9. The Making of RamaRava?a: Reflections on Gender, Music, and Staging / Hanne M. de Bruin

10. Writing Her "Self": The Politics of Gender in Nangyarkuttu / Mundoli Narayanan

Part V. Conversations and Arguments: 11. Reflections on Ramayana in Kutiyattam / David Shulman, Margi Madhu Chakyar, Dr. Indu G. with Rustom Bharucha

12. Questions around Ram Vijay: Sattriya in a Monastic Tradition / Sri Narayan Chandra Goswami with Parasmoni Dutta, Paula Richman, and Rustom Bharucha

13. Performing the Argument: Ramayana in Talamaddale / Akshara K.V.

Part VI. Beyond Enactment: 14. Revisiting "Being Rama": Playing a God in Changing Times / Urmimala Sarkar Munsi

15. The Night Before Bhor Arti: Play and Banarasipan in the Ramnagar Ramlila / Bhargav Rani

16. The Challenges Ahead: Researching the Ramayana Performance Tradition / Rustom Bharucha

Glossary

List of Contributors

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-755254-4

0-19-755253-6

OCLC:

1198990675