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Grounds for Play : The Nautanki Theatre of North India by Kathryn Hansen (1991, Hardcover)

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PublisherUniversity of California Press

ISBN-100520072731

ISBN-139780520072732

eBay Product ID (ePID)934725

Product Key Features

Book TitleGrounds for Play : the Nautanki Theatre of North India

Number of Pages354 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicTheater / General, Asian / General

Publication Year1991

IllustratorYes

GenreLiterary Criticism, Performing Arts

AuthorKathryn Hansen

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.1 in

Item Weight25.3 Oz

Item Length0.9 in

Item Width0.6 in

Additional Product Features

LCCN91-015291

Dewey Edition20

Dewey Decimal792/.0954/1

SynopsisThe 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., 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. InGrounds 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 theRamayanaor theMahabharatafor 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.

LC Classification NumberPN2884.5.N38H36 1992