Performing the Ramayana Tradition: Enactments, Interpretations, and Arguments
- Editor: Bharucha, Rustom
- Editor: Richman, Paula
The book's most significant contribution to studies of the Ramayana would be its context-specific analyses of the case studies, the range of performance traditions engaged, and the multiplicity... — More…
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Contents
- Preface and Acknowledgements: The Journey of the Book
- List of Illustrations
- Note on Transliteration
- I. Orientations and Beginnings
- 1. The Ramayana Narrative Tradition as a Resource for Performance
- Paula Richman
- 2. Thinking the Ramayana Tradition through Performance
- Rustom Bharucha
- 3. The Story So Far... and Beyond: Ramayana Samksepam of Nepathya
- Introduction and Translation by Rizio Yohannan Raj
- II The Politics of Caste
- 4. Shambuk's Severed Head by Omprakash Valmiki
- Translation by Aaron Sherraden
- 5. Recasting Shambuk in Three Hindi Anti-Caste Dramas
- Aaron Sherraden
- 6. The Killing of Shambuk: A Retelling from a Director's Perspective
- Sudhanva Deshpande
- III Interrogating the Anti-Hero
- 7. Ravana Center Stage: Origins of Ravana and King of Lanka
- Paula Richman
- 8. Ravana as Dissident Artist: The Tenth Head and Ravanama
- Rustom Bharucha
- 8a. Script of The Tenth Head
- Vinay Kumar
- 8b. Script of Ravanama
- Maya Krishna Rao
- IV Performing Gender
- 9. The Making of RamaRavana: Reflections on Gender, Music, and Staging
- Hanne M. de Bruin
- 10. Writing Her Self: The Politics of Gender in Nangyarkuttu
- Mundoli Narayanan
- V Conversations and Arguments
- 11. Reflections on Ramayana in Kutiyattam
- David Shulman, Margi Madhu Chakyar, Dr. Indu G. with Rustom Bharucha
- 12. Questions around Ram Vijay: Sattriya in a Monastic Tradition
- Sri Narayan Chandra Goswami with Parasmoni Dutta, Paula Richman,
- and Rustom Bharucha
- 13. Performing the Argument: Ramayana in Talamaddale
- Akshara K.V.
- VI Beyond Enactment
- 14. Revisiting Being Rama: Playing a God in Changing Times
- Urmimala Sarkar Munsi
- 15. The Night Before Bhor Arti: Play and Banarasipan in the Ramnagar Ramlila
- Bhargav Rani
- 16. The Challenges Ahead: Researching the Ramayana Performance Tradition
- Rustom Bharucha
- Glossary
- List of Contributors
- Index