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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lutgendorf, Philip
Format: Licensed eBooks
Language:English
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press 1991.
Online Access:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/j.ctt1ppzkw