Stigmas of the Tamil Stage : An Ethnography of Special Drama Artists in South India /

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A study of the lives of popular theater artists, Stigmas of the Tamil Stageis the first in-depth analysis of Special Drama, a genre of performance unique to the southernmost Indian state of Tamilnadu. Held in towns and villages throughout the region, Special Drama performances last from 10 p.m. unti...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Seizer, Susan
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Durham : Duke University Press, 2005.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Volkscultuur.
Toneel.
Tamil Nadu.
Theater > Anthropological aspects.
Theater and society.
Manners and customs.
Folklore > Performance.
Ethnology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
Folklore > Interpretation > Inde > Tamil Nadu.
Theâtre et societe > Inde > Tamil Nadu.
Theâtre > Aspect anthropologique > Inde > Tamil Nadu.
Ethnologie > Inde > Tamil Nadu.
Folklore > Performance > India > Tamil Nadu.
Theater and society > India > Tamil Nadu.
Theater > Anthropological aspects > India > Tamil Nadu.
Ethnology > India > Tamil Nadu.
India > Tamil Nadu.
Tamil Nadu (Inde) > Moeurs et coutumes.
Tamil Nadu (India) > Social life and customs.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • PART ONE The history and organization of special drama. 1. Legacies of discourse: special drama and its history. 2. Prestige hierarchies in two and three dimensions: drama notices and the organization of special drama. 3. Discipline in practice: the actors sangam
  • PART TWO Comedy. 4. The buffoon's comedy: jokes, gender, and discursive distance. 5. The buffoon-dance duet: social space and gendered place. 6. The Aṭipiṭi scene: laughing at domestic violence
  • PART THREE Lives. 7. The drama tongue and the local eye. 8. The roadwork of actresses. 9. Kinship Mur̲ai and the stigma on actors
  • Epilogue
  • Appendix 1: Sangam rules
  • Appendix 2: Tamil transliteration of Buffoon Selvam's monologue, 1 April 1992.

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