The Life of a Text: Performing the Ramcaritmanas of Tulsidas - Hardcover, Jacket

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A book in excellent condition. Cover is shiny and undamaged, and the dust jacket is included for hard covers. No missing or damaged pages, no creases or tears, and no underlining/highlighting of text or writing in the margins. May be very minimal identifying marks on the inside cover. Very minimal wear and tear. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
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Publisher
University of California Press
ISBN-10
0520066901
ISBN-13
9780520066908
eBay Product ID (ePID)
752877

Product Key Features

Book Title
Life of a Text : Performing the Ramcaritmanas of Tulsidas
Number of Pages
450 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
1991
Topic
Asian / Indic, Hinduism / General
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Literary Criticism, Religion
Author
Philip Lutgendorf
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Height
1.4 in
Item Weight
30.5 Oz
Item Length
9.4 in
Item Width
7.4 in

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90-041106
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The Life of a Text offers a vivid portrait of one community's interaction with its favorite text--the epic Ramcaritmanas--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. The most popular and influential text of Hindi-speaking North India, the epic Ramcaritmanas is a sixteenth century retelling of the Ramayana story by the poet Tulsidas. This masterpiece of pre-modern Hindi literature has always reached its largely illiterate audiences primarily through oral performance including ceremonial recitation, folksinging, oral exegesis, and theatrical representation. Drawing on fieldwork in Banaras, Lutgendorf breaks new ground by capturing the range of performance techniques in vivid detail and tracing the impact of the epic in its contemporary cultural context., The Life of a Text offers a vivid portrait of one community's interaction with its favorite text--the epic Ramcaritmanas --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. The most popular and influential text of Hindi-speaking North India, the epic Ramcaritmanas is a sixteenth century retelling of the Ramayana story by the poet Tulsidas. This masterpiece of pre-modern Hindi literature has always reached its largely illiterate audiences primarily through oral performance including ceremonial recitation, folksinging, oral exegesis, and theatrical representation. Drawing on fieldwork in Banaras, Lutgendorf breaks new ground by capturing the range of performance techniques in vivid detail and tracing the impact of the epic in its contemporary cultural context.
LC Classification Number
PK1947.9.T83R33326

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