Dancing the self: personhood and performance in the Pandav Lila of Garhwal/ William S. Sax.
Material type: TextPublication details: New York: Oxford University press, 2002Description: viii, 224 p. : ill. , maps ; 24 cmISBN: 0195139151Subject(s): Self-presentation in literature | Folk dramaDDC classification: 792.8Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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General Books | Central Library, Sikkim University General Book Section | 792.8 SAX/D (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | P04527 |
Introduction: The Performative Construction of the Self --
Prologue: The Mahabharata Story --
1. The Sutol Pandav Lila --
2. The Dance of the Cowherd: Pandav Lila as a Regional Tradition --
3. Hunting the Rhinoceros: Pandav Lila as a Man's Sport --
4. A Theater of Hegemony: Pandav Lila as a Rajput Tradition --
5. Violent Women: Draupadi and Kunti in the Pandav Lila --
6. A Divine King in the Western Himalayas --
7. The Hall of Mirrors: Orientalism, Anthropology, and the "Other."
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