Two Masterpieces of Kutiyattam (eBook)

Mantrankam and Anguliyankam

Heike Oberlin, David Shulman (Herausgeber)

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2019
348 Seiten
OUP India (Verlag)
978-0-19-099001-5 (ISBN)

Infos

Kutiyattam, India's only living traditional Sanskrit theatre, has been continually performed in Kerala for at least a thousand years. The actors and drummers create an entire world in the empty space of the stage by using spectacular costumes and make-up and by an immensely rich interplay of words, rhythms, mime, and gestures. This volume focuses on MantrA a kam and Aa gulA yA a kam, the two great masterpieces of KA a iyA a a am. It provides fundamental general remarks and relates them to pan-Indian reflections on aesthetics, philology, ritual studies, and history. Authored by scholars and active KA a iyA a a am performers, this is the first attempt to bring together a set of sustained, multi-faceted interpretations of these masterpieces-in-performance. With an aim to open up this ancient art form to readers interested in South Indian culture, religion, theatre and performance studies, philology as well as literature, this volume offers a new way to access a major art form of pre-modern and modern Kerala.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 18.6.2019
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Theater / Ballett
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Tanzen / Tanzsport
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
• ISBN-10: 0-19-099001-5 / 0190990015
• ISBN-13: 978-0-19-099001-5 / 9780190990015