Kaṭṭaikūttu : The Flexibility of a South Indian Theatre Tradition /

This book gives an insight into Kaṭṭaikkūttu, a living Tamil theatre tradition. Taking the perspective of performers as a starting point, it analyses how this theatre tradition has been able to adjust itself to changing conditions and challenges because of its inherent flexibility. The phenomenon of...

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Main Author: Bruin, H.M. de (Author)

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 1999.

Series: Asian Studies - Book Archive pre-2000.
Gonda Indological Studies ; 7.

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Call Number: PN2885.T3

Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter
  • Preliminary Material /
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  • Acknowledgments /
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  • Plates, Maps, Figures and Tables /
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  • Conventions /
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  • Prologue (Mēḷakkaṭṭu) /
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  • Introduction /
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  • 1 The Perunkaṭṭūr Poṉṉucāmi Nāṭaka Maṉṟam /
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  • 3 Kaṭṭaikūttu and Other Village Performance Genres /
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  • 4 Performance as Sacrifice /
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  • 5 A Tradition in Transition /
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  • Part II Kaṭṭaikūttu Texts in Performance /
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  • 6 How Oral is the Kaṭṭaikūttu Tradition? /
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  • 7 Kaṭṭaikūttu Texts: Structure and Change /
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  • 8 Producing a Text /
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  • 9 The Play Karṇa's Death /
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  • 10 Summary and Conclusions /
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  • Back Matter
  • Appendix I Kaṭṭaikūttu Companies /
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  • Appendix II Songs for the Māriyammaṉ Terukkūttu /
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  • Appendix III The Kūttu Pāshā /
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  • Appendix IV Repertoire of the Peruṅkaṭṭūr Poṉṉucāmi Nāṭaka Maṉṟam: Possible Authors of the Plays and Their Castes /
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  • Glossary /
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  • Bibliography /
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  • Indexes /
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