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Folk Theatres of North India

Author : Karan Singh
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000769720
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Folk Theatres of North India written by Karan Singh and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2019-11-26 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines folk theatres of North India as a unique performative structure, a counter stream to the postulations of Sanskrit and Western realistic theatre. In focusing on their historical, social and cultural imprints, it explores how these theatres challenge the linearity of cultural history and subvert cultural hegemony. The book looks at diverse forms of theatre such as svangs, nautanki, tamasha, all with conventions like open performative space, free mingling of spectators and actors, flexibility in roles and genres, etc. It discusses the genesis, history and the independent trajectory of folk theatres; folk theatre and Sanskrit dramaturgy; cinematic legacy; and theatrical space as performance besides investigating causes, inter-relations within socio-cultural factors, and the performance principles underlying them. It shows how these theatres effectively contest delimitation of human creative impulses (as revealed in classical Sanskrit theatre) from structuring as also of normative impulses of religion and culture, while amalgamating influences from Western theatre, newly-rising religious reform movements of 19th century India, tantra and Bhakti. It further highlights their ability to adapt and reinvent themselves in accordance with spatial and temporal transformations to constitute an important anthropological layer of Indian society. Comprehensive and empirically rich, this book will be an essential read for scholars and researchers of cultural studies, theatre, film and performance studies, sociology, political studies, popular culture, and South Asian studies.

Indian Folk Theatres

Author : Julia Hollander
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780415304566
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (45 download)

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Download or read book Indian Folk Theatres written by Julia Hollander and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on twelve years research, this book provides detailed descriptions of the culture of folk theatre and outlines its importance for practitioners, audiences and the worldwide theatre industry, presenting a unique angle on selected performances. Moving beyond conventional accounts of different techniques, this book explores Indian folk theatres as living, changing organisms in their various contexts. The writers The writer spends time studying this integration of life and art, looking at very specific performances in specific locations. The complexity of modern Indian culture is discussed as part of the contextual approach - its religious diversity, intense poverty, the integration of state-of-the-art technology into rural and slum lives.

History of Indian Theatre

Author : Manohar Laxman Varadpande
Publisher : Abhinav Publications
ISBN 13 : 9788170172789
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (727 download)

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Book Synopsis History of Indian Theatre by : Manohar Laxman Varadpande

Download or read book History of Indian Theatre written by Manohar Laxman Varadpande and published by Abhinav Publications. This book was released on 1987 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume of the HISTORY OF INDIAN THEATRE presents most enhanting and colourful panorama of folk and traditional theatre flourishing in India since time immemorial. Utilising various sources the author meticulously and systematically builds up the theatre history, which spans over several centuries. It is for the first time an elaborate account of dramatic rituals associated with the Bhuta or the Cult of Spirits is given here. This will enable the students of theatre understand and relationship of ritual and dramatic performance in its correct perspective. Various ritualistic theatre forms such as Teyyam are described and discussed. The book also tells us how the teachnique of ballad singing was dramatized and finally evolved into full-fledged drama in the course of time. The history of narrative forms is traced from the Vedic times to the present. With the emergence of Bhakti cult the spics were dramatized. This gave rise to the Leela Theatre which dedicated itself to portraying the divine acts of incarnations such as Krishna and Rama. Various forms of Leela Theatre are described in the book. Audiences turn to theatre for entertainment. A class of folk theatre arose in India whose main function was secular entertainment. Swang, Tamasha, Nautanki, Khyal entertained the people with dance, music and song, as well as with humour and pathos, love and war. Their enchanting story is narrated here.

Folk Theatre of Rajasthan

Author : Dr. Cecil Thomas Ault Jr.
Publisher : Partridge Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1482888165
Total Pages : 420 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (828 download)

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Download or read book Folk Theatre of Rajasthan written by Dr. Cecil Thomas Ault Jr. and published by Partridge Publishing. This book was released on 2017-02-09 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tom Ault has written a theatre ethnography that brings Rajasthans folk tradition of khyal to readers in both descriptions and translations of the plays, based on his many periods of research and hanging out with khyal players and affecionados. A performance genre probably stemming from the soliloquies in poetic Pingal and Dingal of Rajasthans bards, known as Charans, these khyals offer folk renditions of rule and misrule, contemporary issues and past heroics, and the romance of Rajput desert kingdoms. Ault has been engaged with these shows there, and as an American theatre professor he knows his subject well. Everyone will find something to enjoy in Aults compendium of khyal, and will probably be tempted to search out a performance of this disappearing folk art at a Rajasthani cattle fair or on a moonlight night in a desert village with stars overhead.

The folk theatre of north Karnāṭaka

Author : Basavaraj S. Naikar
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9788172735760
Total Pages : 110 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (357 download)

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Download or read book The folk theatre of north Karnāṭaka written by Basavaraj S. Naikar and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Indian Theatre

Author : Farley P. Richmond
Publisher : Motilal Banarsidass Publ.
ISBN 13 : 9788120809819
Total Pages : 518 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (98 download)

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Book Synopsis Indian Theatre by : Farley P. Richmond

Download or read book Indian Theatre written by Farley P. Richmond and published by Motilal Banarsidass Publ.. This book was released on 1993 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Indian Theatre expands the boundaries of what is usually regarded as theatre in order to explore the multiple dimensions of theatrical performance in India. From rural festivals to contemporary urban theatre, from dramatic rituals and devotional performances to dance-dramas and classical Sanskrit plays, this volume is a vivid introduction to the colourful and often surprising world of Indian performance. Besides mapping the vast range of performance traditions, the volume provides in-depth treatment of representative genres, including well-known forms such as Kathakali and ram lila and little-knowa performances such as tamasha. Each of these chapters explains the historical background of the theatre form under consideration and interprets its dramatic literature, probes its ritual or religious significance, and, where relevant, explores its social and political implications. Moreover, each chapter, except for those on the origins of Indian theatre, concludes with performance notes describing the actual experience of seeing a live performance in its original context. Based on extensive fieldwork, Indian Theatre is the first comprehensive account of the subject to be written by Western specialists and addressed to the needs of readers in the West. It will be a valuable resource for all students of Indian culture and a standard work in the history of theatre and performance for years to come.

Indian Art & Culture

Author : Arihant Experts
Publisher : Arihant Publications India limited
ISBN 13 : 9350944847
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (59 download)

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Download or read book Indian Art & Culture written by Arihant Experts and published by Arihant Publications India limited. This book was released on 2018-04-20 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Each candidate aspiring to clear the Civil Services Examination is expected to have adequate knowledge about the elegant aspects of India’s traditions and aspects. This book on Indian Art and Culture has been divided into 16 Chapters covering the different aspects of India’s Heritage and Culture such as Art & Culture: An Introduction, Indian Architecture, Sculpture, Painting, Music, Dance, Theatre & Drama, Cinema, Traditional Martial Art, Social Culture, Religion, Philosophy, Language & Literature, Handicraft, Festivals & Fairs and Miscellaneous, which are asked in theCivil Services Examinations conducted by UPSC (Union Public Service Commission) and State PCS. Exercises with objective questions have been given after each chapter. The book also contains Practice Sets prepared according to the UPSC syllabus for thorough practice which would help the students to achieve success in the examinations.Main Features of the Book:Chapterwise comprehensive coverage in point cum para formatImportant facts given in the form of the box within chapterText is well supported with the imagesProper usage of charts and tables for better knowledgeChapterwise significant questions for revision of facts

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE ( PART 7 )

Author : DR. NISHANT SINGH
Publisher : TULSI SAHITYA PUBLICATIONS
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 80 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book GENERAL KNOWLEDGE ( PART 7 ) written by DR. NISHANT SINGH and published by TULSI SAHITYA PUBLICATIONS. This book was released on 2021-01-03 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The present age is the age of competition. One has to face challenges in every walk of life. Students of the present era are expected to possess sufficient information relating to various fields of knowledge. Children who lack general knowledge are sure to lag behind even if they are, otherwise, competent. CURRENT GENERAL KNOWLEDGE, a series of books has been prepared keeping this fact in view. The books are prepared in such a way which is sure to teach the learners what they ought to know at each level of their schooling. The materials for various units of these books are judicially chosen from encyclopedia, year books and textbooks on a variety of subjects. We are sure that the books will surely encourage the learners to know more about the outside world and impart useful knowledge and information necessary for their bright career. ANSWERS OF THE EXERCISES IN THE BOOK IS ALSO GIVEN...

Folk Theater of India

Author : Balawanta Gāragī
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Folk Theater of India written by Balawanta Gāragī and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Grounds for Play

Author : Kathryn Hansen
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520910885
Total Pages : 577 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (29 download)

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Download or read book Grounds for Play written by Kathryn Hansen and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2023-12-22 with total page 577 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The nautanki performances of northern India entertain their audiences with often ribald and profane stories. Rooted in the peasant society of pre-modern India, this theater vibrates with lively dancing, pulsating drumbeats, and full-throated singing. In Grounds for Play, Kathryn Hansen draws on field research to describe the different elements of nautanki performance: music, dance, poetry, popular story lines, and written texts. She traces the social history of the form and explores the play of meanings within nautanki narratives, focusing on the ways important social issues such as political authority, community identity, and gender differences are represented in these narratives. Unlike other styles of Indian theater, the nautanki does not draw on the pan-Indian religious epics such as the Ramayana or the Mahabharata for its subjects. Indeed, their storylines tend to center on the vicissitudes of stranded heroines in the throes of melodramatic romance. Whereas nautanki performers were once much in demand, live performances now are rare and nautanki increasingly reaches its audiences through electronic media—records, cassettes, films, television. In spite of this change, the theater form still functions as an effective conduit in the cultural flow that connects urban centers and the hinterland in an ongoing process of exchange.

Indira's Objective Agriculture : MCQ For Compatitive Exam of Agriculture

Author : R.L. Arya
Publisher : Scientific Publishers - Competition Tutor
ISBN 13 : 9387869709
Total Pages : 909 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (878 download)

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Download or read book Indira's Objective Agriculture : MCQ For Compatitive Exam of Agriculture written by R.L. Arya and published by Scientific Publishers - Competition Tutor. This book was released on 2017-02-01 with total page 909 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Indira's Objective Agriculture for competitive exams in agriculture discipline contain 21 chapters covering all related discipline. The chapters included such as: General agriculture, Agricultural climatology, Genetics and plant breeding, Agricultural biotechnology, Plant physiology, Plant biochemistry, Agricultural microbiology, Seed science, Agronomy, Soil science, Entomology, Plant pathology, Horticulture, Agricultural extension, Agricultural economics, Animal husbandry and dairying, Agricultural statistics, Research methodology and appendix have been given due importance and whole syllabus was covered as per ICAR syllabus and guidelines. Each chapter contains multiple choice questions and total about 25 thousand objective questions with multiple choice have been framed and arranged sequentially for the easy understanding of the students. Recent information and development in the field of agriculture have been incorporated in the book. Thus this book is based on the syllabus of student of agricultural stream, it may be useful not only to students but also teachers, researchers, extension workers and development officers for reference and easy answering of many complicated questions. The chapters are chosen in view to cover the course contents of competitive examinations like IAS, IFS, ARS, PCS, Banking services, states and national levels of different competition in agricultural subjects. The entire book is prepared in most simple, clear and talking language so that the contents could be easily understand by the readers. Hence this book can serve as a single platform for preparation of different competitive examinations in agriculture.

Poetics, Plays, and Performances

Author : Vasudha Dalmia
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199087954
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (99 download)

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Download or read book Poetics, Plays, and Performances written by Vasudha Dalmia and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2008-01-09 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book addresses the political and aesthetic concerns of modern Indian theatre, tracing its genealogies, and looking in particular at its appropriation of 'folk' theatre. Starting with the plays of Bharatendu Harishchandra in 1870s Banaras, the book moves forward to Jayshankar Prasad and Mohan Rakesh, landmark figures in the history of modern Indian drama. Dalmia then focuses on the intense urban interaction with folk theatre forms, their politicization in the 1940s and later again in the 1970s. Finally the book maps some of the routes taken by avant-garde women directors since the last decades of the twentieth century. Theatre students, critics, cultural historians, scholars of South Asian theatre, as well as general readers will find the book inspiring.

Learn Explore and Grow

Author : Sonali Mathur
Publisher : New Saraswati House India Pvt Ltd
ISBN 13 : 9351990109
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (519 download)

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Book Synopsis Learn Explore and Grow by : Sonali Mathur

Download or read book Learn Explore and Grow written by Sonali Mathur and published by New Saraswati House India Pvt Ltd. This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A series in general knowledge books. The ebook version does not contain CD.

History of Indian Theatre: Classical theatre

Author : Manohar Laxman Varadpande
Publisher : Abhinav Publications
ISBN 13 : 9788170174301
Total Pages : 408 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (743 download)

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Download or read book History of Indian Theatre: Classical theatre written by Manohar Laxman Varadpande and published by Abhinav Publications. This book was released on 1987 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Grounds for Play

Author : Kathryn Hansen
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780520910881
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (18 download)

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Download or read book Grounds for Play written by Kathryn Hansen and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2023-12-22 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The nautanki performances of northern India entertain their audiences with often ribald and profane stories. Rooted in the peasant society of pre-modern India, this theater vibrates with lively dancing, pulsating drumbeats, and full-throated singing. In Grounds for Play, Kathryn Hansen draws on field research to describe the different elements of nautanki performance: music, dance, poetry, popular story lines, and written texts. She traces the social history of the form and explores the play of meanings within nautanki narratives, focusing on the ways important social issues such as political authority, community identity, and gender differences are represented in these narratives. Unlike other styles of Indian theater, the nautanki does not draw on the pan-Indian religious epics such as the Ramayana or the Mahabharata for its subjects. Indeed, their storylines tend to center on the vicissitudes of stranded heroines in the throes of melodramatic romance. Whereas nautanki performers were once much in demand, live performances now are rare and nautanki increasingly reaches its audiences through electronic media—records, cassettes, films, television. In spite of this change, the theater form still functions as an effective conduit in the cultural flow that connects urban centers and the hinterland in an ongoing process of exchange.

Contemporary Indian English Literature

Author : Cecile Sandten
Publisher : Narr Francke Attempto Verlag
ISBN 13 : 3823395912
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (233 download)

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Download or read book Contemporary Indian English Literature written by Cecile Sandten and published by Narr Francke Attempto Verlag. This book was released on 2024-02-12 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contemporary Indian English Literature focuses on the recent history of Indian literature in English since the publication of Salman Rushdie's novel Midnight's Children (1981), a watershed moment for Indian writing in English in the global literary landscape. The chapters in this volume consider a wide range of poets, novelists, short fiction writers and dramatists who have notably contributed to the proliferation of Indian literature in English from the late 20th century to the present. The volume provides an introduction to current developments in Indian English literature and explains general ideas, as well as the specific features and styles of selected writers from this wide spectrum. It addresses students working in this field at university level, and includes thorough reading lists and study questions to encourage students to read, reflect on and write about Indian English literature critically.

Appreciating Melodrama

Author : Piyush Roy
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9354354882
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (543 download)

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Download or read book Appreciating Melodrama written by Piyush Roy and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2022-01-30 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Appreciating Melodrama: Theory and Practice in Indian Cinema and Television seeks to identify and appreciate the continual influence of the ancient Sanskrit drama treatise, the Natyashastra, and its theory of aesthetics, the rasa theory, on the unique narrative attributes of Indian cinema. This volume of work critically engages with a representative sample of landmark films from 100 years of Indian film history across genres, categories, regions and languages. This is the first time a case study-based rigorous academic review of popular Indian cinema is done using the Indian aesthetic appreciation theory of rasa (affect/emotion). It proposes a theoretical model for film appreciation, especially for content made in the melodramatic genre, and challenges existing First World/Euro-American film criticism canons and notions that privilege cinematic 'realism' over other narrative forms, which will generate passionate debates for and against its propositions in future studies and research on films. This is a valuable academic reference book for students of film and theatre, world cinema and Indian cinema studies, South Asian studies and culture, Indology and the 'Sociology of Cinema' studies. It is a must-have reference text in the curriculum of both practical-oriented acting schools, as well as courses and modules focusing on a theoretical study of cinema, such as film criticism and appreciation, and the history of movies and performance studies.