Kathakali Dance-drama: Where Gods and Demons Come to PlayKathakali Dance-Drama provides a comprehensive introduction to the distinctive and colourful dance-drama of Kerala in South-West India for the first time. This landmark volume: |
Contents
An Ocean of Possibilities | 1 |
performance in the kerala context | 15 |
A Social History of Kathakali Patronage Connoisseurship and Aesthetics | 17 |
Kathakali Texts in Performance | 39 |
What Does it Mean To Become the Character? Kathakali Actor Training and Characterization | 65 |
plays from the traditional repertory | 99 |
The Flower of Good Fortune Kalyanasaugandhikam Kottayam Tampuran | 101 |
Commentary | 113 |
King Rugmamgadas Law Rugmamgada caritam Mandavappalli Ittiraricha Menon | 159 |
Commentary | 169 |
contested narratives new plays discourses and contexts | 175 |
For Whom is the King a King? Issues of Intercultural Production Perception and Reception in a Kathakali King Lear | 177 |
When Marx met Imperialism on the Kathakali Stage | 196 |
Whose Gods and Whose Demons Dance? | 206 |
Kathakali Performances on Video | 209 |
Notes | 212 |
The Killing of Kirmira Kirmiravadham Kottayam Tampuran | 118 |
Commentary | 130 |
The Progeny of Krishna Santanagopalam Mandavappalli Ittiraricha Menon | 135 |
Commentary | 151 |
Bibliography and References Cited | 231 |
Glossary and Table of Transliteration | 242 |
Index | 253 |