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The life of a text: performing the Ramcaritmanas of Tulsidas

By:

Lutgendorf, Philip

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Berkeley University of California Press 1991Description: xvi, 469p., hbISBN:

520066901

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

891.43 LUT

Summary: The Life of a Text offers a vivid portrait of one community's interaction with its favorite text—the epic Ramcaritmanas—and the way in which performances of the epic function as a flexible and evolving medium for cultural expression. Anthropologists, historians of religion, and readers interested in the culture of North India and the performance arts will find breadth of subject, careful scholarship, and engaging presentation in this unique and beautifully illustrated examination of Hindi culture.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Gratis Resources	Plaksha University Library	Fiction	891.43 LUT (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		G000420

https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520066908/the-life-of-a-text

The Life of a Text offers a vivid portrait of one community's interaction with its favorite text—the epic Ramcaritmanas—and the way in which performances of the epic function as a flexible and evolving medium for cultural expression. Anthropologists, historians of religion, and readers interested in the culture of North India and the performance arts will find breadth of subject, careful scholarship, and engaging presentation in this unique and beautifully illustrated examination of Hindi culture.

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