Isbn: 9780520066908 - the life of a text: performing the ramcaritmanas of tulsidas (13 Ergebnisse)

Hardback. Zustand: Good. The Life of a Text offers a vivid portrait of one community's interaction with its favorite text--the epic Ramcaritmanas--and the way in which performances of the epic function as a flexible and evolving medium for cultural expression. Anthropologists, historians of religion, and readers interested in the culture of North India and the performance arts will find breadth of subject, careful scholarship, and engaging presentation in this unique and beautifully illustrated examination of Hindi culture. The most popular and influential text of Hindi-speaking North India, the epic Ramcaritmanas is a sixteenth century retelling of the Ramayana story by the poet Tulsidas. This masterpiece of pre-modern Hindi literature has always reached its largely illiterate audiences primarily through oral performance including ceremonial recitation, folksinging, oral exegesis, and theatrical representation. Drawing on fieldwork in Banaras, Lutgendorf breaks new ground by capturing the range of performance techniques in vivid detail and tracing the impact of the epic in its contemporary cultural context.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. Former library book; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover with dust jacket. Wear on all edges of text. Dust jacket slightly worn on facing. Otherwise VG 469 pp.

Hardcover. Zustand: Like New. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Published by University of California Press, 1991. Octavo. Hardcover. Book is like new. Dust jacket is like new.

Hardcover. Zustand: Like New. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Published by University of California Press, 1991. Octavo. Hardcover. Book is like new. No dust jacket.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; xvi, 469 pages. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (p. 449-460) and index. Contents; Front matter -- Contents -- Illustration -- Acknowledgments -- A Note on Transliteration -- 1. The Text and the Research Context -- 2. The Text in Recitation and Song -- 3. The Text Expounded: The Development of M?nas-Kath? -- 4. The Art of M?nas-Kath? -- 5. Words Made Flesh: The Text Enacted -- 6. The Text in a Changing Society -- Glossary of Names with Transliteration -- Bibliography -- Index. Subjects; Tulasi?da?sa 1532-1623 Stage history. Tulasi?da?sa 1532-1623 Ra?macaritama?nasa. Tulasi?da?sa 1532-1623. Criticism, Textual. TRAVEL Special Interest Literary. LITERARY CRITICISM General. RELIGION Hinduism General. Hindi poetry. Adaptation. Anthropology. Banaras. Community. Contemporary production. Cross cultural. Drama. Epic poetry. Epic. Folklore. Gods and goddesses. Hindi literature. Hinduism. India. Indian literature. Katha. Meter. Multicultural. Narrative structure. Nonfiction. Northern India. Oral tradition. Performing arts. Ramayana. Ramcaritmanas. Ramlila. Recitation. Religion. Religious experience. Religious poetry. Religious tradition. Ritual. Sacred texts. Song. Theater. Tradition. Tulsidas. World religions. 1 Kg. …

HRD. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

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Zustand: New. "The range of Manas performance traditions captured here is immense. What is wonderful and remarkable is that each is presented vividly, with careful ethnographic detail, so that they become living traditions to the reader."--Susan Wadley, Syracuse University Series: Philip E.Lilienthal Books. Num Pages: 450 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2BM; DSB; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 160 x 39. Weight in Grams: 900. . 1991. Illustrated. Hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.…

Zustand: New. In English.

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 450 pages. 9.50x6.50x1.25 inches. In Stock.

Zustand: New. &Uumlber den AutorPhilip Lutgendorf is Assistant Professor of Hindi and Modern Indian Culture at the University of Iowa.Klappentextrnrn The range of Manas performance traditions captured here is immense. What is wond.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'The range of Manas performance traditions captured here is immense. What is wonderful and remarkable is that each is presented vividly, with careful ethnographic detail, so that they become living traditions to the reader.'--Susan Wadley, Syracuse University.