Kathakali Dance-Drama : Where Gods and Demons Come to Play

ISBN-13: 9780415192828 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 280 str.

Phillip B. Zarrilli

Opis

Kathakali, the distinctive and colourful dance-drama of Kerala in South-West India, is the subject of this text. During these performances heroes, heroines, gods and demons tell their stories of traditional Indian epics. The four Kathakali plays included in this anthology, translated from actual performances into English are: The Flower of Good Fortune; The Killing of Kirmmira; The Progeny of Krishna; and King Rugmamgada's Law.

Recenzje

'a thoroughly well-researched book, tautly written...academically sound and yet readable. Zarrilli... manages to transfer to even the uninvolved reader some of the passion and zeal that he obviously nurtures for Kathakali.' - India Today International

'Phillip B. Zarrilli's work creates a platform for the non-specialist reader and establishes a foundation for the specialist reader and performance artist.' - Vayu Naidu, NTQ, 29/06/01

Spis treści

List of illustrations, Preface, Acknowledgments, 1 An ‘Ocean of Possibilities’, part I performance in the kerala context, part ii plays from the traditional repertory, part iii contested narratives: new plays, discourses, and contexts, Afterword: Whose Gods, and Whose Demons Dance?, Appendix: Kathakali Performances on Video, Notes, Bibliography and References Cited, Glossary and Table of Transliteration, Index

O autorze

Phillip Zarrilli