TY - GEN T1 - The life of a text : performing the Rāmcaritmānas of Tulsidas A1 - Lutgendorf, Philip LA - English PP - Berkeley PB - University of California Press YR - 1991 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_eba_ocm43476661 AB - 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. OP - 469 CN - PK1947.9.T83 SN - 9780520909342 SN - 0520909348 SN - 0585131074 SN - 9780585131078 SN - 1282355538 SN - 9781282355538 SN - 6612355530 SN - 9786612355530 SN - 0520066901 SN - 9780520066908 KW - Tulasīdāsa, : 1532-1623. : Rāmacaritamānasa. KW - Tulasīdāsa, : 1532-1623 : Stage history. KW - Tulasīdāsa, : 1532-1623.. : Rāmacaritamānasa. KW - Tulasīdāsa,‏ ‎ : 1532-1623 : Histoire scénique KW - Tulasīdāsa, : 1532-1623 KW - Rāmacaritamānasa (Tulasīdāsa) KW - Criticism, Textual. KW - TRAVEL : Special Interest : Literary. KW - LITERARY CRITICISM : General. KW - RELIGION : Hinduism : General. KW - Criticism, Textual KW - Hindi poetry KW - Electronic book. ER -