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Performance and Performativity in Contemporary Indian Fiction in English.
Through a comparison with theatrical performance the argument develops that in both theatre and fiction the concepts of performance and performativity transform classical Indian mythic poetics. In the mythic symbiosis of performance and storytelling in Indian tradition, myth becomes a liberating spa...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
| Publicado: |
Brill,
2015.
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| Colección: | Costerus ;
new ser., v. 210. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Through a comparison with theatrical performance the argument develops that in both theatre and fiction the concepts of performance and performativity transform classical Indian mythic poetics. In the mythic symbiosis of performance and storytelling in Indian tradition, myth becomes a liberating space of consciousness, where rigid categories and boundaries are transcended. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-282) and index. |
| ISBN: | 1336099097 9781336099098 9789004292604 9004292608 |
| ISSN: | 0165-9618 ; |