The Life of a Text : Performing the Ramcaritmanas of Tulsidas /

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Offers a vivid portrait of one community's interaction with its favorite text--the epic Rāmcaritmānas--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 cultu...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lutgendorf, Philip
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, 1991.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Tulasīdāsa, > 1532-1623.
Tulasīdāsa, > 1532-1623 > Stage history.
Tulasīdāsa, > 1532-1623. > Rāmacaritamānasa.
Rāmacaritamānasa (Tulasīdāsa)
Criticism, Textual.
RELIGION > Hinduism > General.
LITERARY CRITICISM > General.
TRAVEL > Special Interest > Literary.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:Offers a vivid portrait of one community's interaction with its favorite text--the epic Rāmcaritmānas--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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (450 pages).
ISBN:9780520909342

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