Performing pasts : reinventing the arts in modern South India /
by Peterson, Indira Viswanathan ; Soneji, Devesh.
Type:
BookPublisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2008Description: xi, 356 s. : kuv.ISBN: 9780195690842; 0195690842.Subject(s): Performing arts -- Social aspects -- India, South -- History -- 20th century | Dance -- Social aspects -- India, South -- History -- 20th century | Carnatic music -- Social aspects -- India, South -- History -- 20th century | karnaattinen musiikki | tanssi | esittäminen | Etelä-Intia | Intia
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Kirja
| Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kulttuuriosuuskunta Uulu | 3.21 PER | Käsikirjasto |
PART I: CANONS AND CANONIZATION
1.Embracing the Canonical: Identity, Tradition, and Modernity in Karnatak Music / Lakshmi Subramanian... 43
2.Inscribing Practice: Reconfigurations and Textualizations of Davadasi Repertoire in Nineteenth and Early Twentieth century South India / Hari Krishnan... 71
3. Standardize, Classicize, and Nationalize: The Scientific work of the Music Academy of Madras, 1930-52 / Matthew Harp Allen... 90
PART II: THE LOCAL AND THE GLOBAL: REGIONAL AND NATURAL PASTS
4.Temple stage as Historical Allegory in Bharatnatyam: Rukmini Devi as Dancer-historian / Avanthi Meduri... 133
5.Serving Two Masters? Bharatanatyam and Tamil Cultural Production / Janet O'shea... 165
PART III: VIEWS FROM WITHIN: SELF CONSCIOUS REFLECTIONS ON TRADITION
6.Marabu, the inherent Flexibility of the Karnatak Tradition: The Example of Bharatnatyam / Saskia Kersenboom...197
7.In Search of the Guru: Technology and Authenticity in Karnatak Music / Amanda Weidman... 225
8.Rewriting Cultural History through the Novel: Music and Dance as Tamil Tradition in Kalaimani's Tillana Mohanambal / Indira Viswanthan Peterson... 252
PART IV: IDENTITY, COMMUNITY AND RESISTANCE: IMAGINING ALTERNATIVES TO TRADITION
9.Memory and the Recovery of Identity: Living Histories and the Kalavantulu of Coastal Andhra Pradesh / Davesh Soneji... 283
10.One Kirttanai, Three Songs / Zoe C. Sherinian... 313
List of Indian Names and Terms 349
List of Contributors 355