The life of a text : performing the Rāmcaritmānas of Tulsidas /
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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| 格式: | Licensed eBooks |
| 语言: | 英语 |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press
1991.
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| 在线阅读: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/j.ctt1ppzkw |
| 总结: | 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. |
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| 实物描述: | 1 online resource (xvi, 469 pages) |
| 参考书目: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 449-460) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780520909342 0520909348 0585131074 9780585131078 1282355538 9781282355538 6612355530 9786612355530 0520066901 9780520066908 |