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Chanted narratives : the living "katha-vachana" tradition / edited by Molly Kaushal.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New Delhi : Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts : D.K. Printworld, 2001.Description: vii, 290 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 8124601828
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 398.20954 CHA 23 rd.
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: PART I -- NATURE OF ORALITY AND METHODS OF TRANSMISSION -- 1. Orality and its Complexity -- - Baidyanath Saraswati -- 2. The World of Orality -- - Nicole Revel -- 3. Saveen: Singers and Performance Context -- -Molly Kaushal -- 4. The Transmission of Bhojpuri Epics towards Nepal and Bengal: Oral -- Performance and Selling of Chapbooks Editions -- - Catherine Servan-Schreiber -- 5. The Manipuri Folk Epic Khamba-Thoibi: Origin, Growth, -- Transmission, and Customary Laws -- - S. Sanatombi -- PART II -- COMPOSITION AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC CONTEXT -- 6. Mopin Myth: An Ecological Epic -- -A.K. Das -- 7. The Golden Vine: Chanted Narratives from the Land of the Seven Huts -- - Desmond L. Kharmawphlang -- 8. The Dayak Epics of Second Burial -- -KMA M. Usop -- 9. The Tamil Epic: Mathurai Veeraswami Kathai -- - Sheila Asirvatham -- 10. Oral Epics in Kalahandi -- -Mahendra Kumar Mishra -- 11. Scroll Narratives of Andhra Pradesh -- - Bittu Venkateswarlu -- 12. Burrakatha: A Telugu Folk Narrative of Andhra Pradesh in -- History and Performance -- - Daniel Negers -- 13. The Hero and His Context: The Oral Narrative of Kaba and Baji -- -Ajay Dandekar -- 14. The Ambivalence of Power: Representations of Women in the -- Oral Epic of Devnarayan -- -Aditya Malik -- PART III -- PERFORMERS, PERFORMANCE AND AUDIENCE -- 15. The Pandav Lila of Uttarakhand -- - William S. Sax -- 16. Pandava Dance: A Performance for Life -- -Richa Negi -- 17. Loriki and its Singers -- - S.M. Pandey -- 18. Rajula Malushahi: The Oral Epic (Ballad) of Kumaon -- -Mohan Upreti -- 19. The Role of Audience in Balochi Sher Singing -- - Sabir Badalkhan -- 20. Verbal Narratives: Performance and Gender of the Padma Purana -- - Nabin Chandra Sarma -- 21. Gender, Genre and Narrative: Case of Junjappa Epic -- - T.N. Shankaranarayana -- 22. Performance Situation of the Khamba-Thoibi Folk Epic -- - M. Mani Meitei -- PART IV -- REGIONAL AND CULTURAL DIMENSIONS -- 23. Ne?ali Oral Epic: Ramayana -- - C.M. Bandhu -- 24. Important Locations (Villages) and Verbal Narratives Associated with -- Princess Sita in the Central Hills of Sri Lanka -- -H.M.D.R. Herath -- Visuais -- List of Contributors.
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Machine generated contents note: PART I -- NATURE OF ORALITY AND METHODS OF TRANSMISSION -- 1. Orality and its Complexity -- - Baidyanath Saraswati -- 2. The World of Orality -- - Nicole Revel -- 3. Saveen: Singers and Performance Context -- -Molly Kaushal -- 4. The Transmission of Bhojpuri Epics towards Nepal and Bengal: Oral -- Performance and Selling of Chapbooks Editions -- - Catherine Servan-Schreiber -- 5. The Manipuri Folk Epic Khamba-Thoibi: Origin, Growth, -- Transmission, and Customary Laws -- - S. Sanatombi -- PART II -- COMPOSITION AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC CONTEXT -- 6. Mopin Myth: An Ecological Epic -- -A.K. Das -- 7. The Golden Vine: Chanted Narratives from the Land of the Seven Huts -- - Desmond L. Kharmawphlang -- 8. The Dayak Epics of Second Burial -- -KMA M. Usop -- 9. The Tamil Epic: Mathurai Veeraswami Kathai -- - Sheila Asirvatham -- 10. Oral Epics in Kalahandi -- -Mahendra Kumar Mishra -- 11. Scroll Narratives of Andhra Pradesh -- - Bittu Venkateswarlu -- 12. Burrakatha: A Telugu Folk Narrative of Andhra Pradesh in -- History and Performance -- - Daniel Negers -- 13. The Hero and His Context: The Oral Narrative of Kaba and Baji -- -Ajay Dandekar -- 14. The Ambivalence of Power: Representations of Women in the -- Oral Epic of Devnarayan -- -Aditya Malik -- PART III -- PERFORMERS, PERFORMANCE AND AUDIENCE -- 15. The Pandav Lila of Uttarakhand -- - William S. Sax -- 16. Pandava Dance: A Performance for Life -- -Richa Negi -- 17. Loriki and its Singers -- - S.M. Pandey -- 18. Rajula Malushahi: The Oral Epic (Ballad) of Kumaon -- -Mohan Upreti -- 19. The Role of Audience in Balochi Sher Singing -- - Sabir Badalkhan -- 20. Verbal Narratives: Performance and Gender of the Padma Purana -- - Nabin Chandra Sarma -- 21. Gender, Genre and Narrative: Case of Junjappa Epic -- - T.N. Shankaranarayana -- 22. Performance Situation of the Khamba-Thoibi Folk Epic -- - M. Mani Meitei -- PART IV -- REGIONAL AND CULTURAL DIMENSIONS -- 23. Ne?ali Oral Epic: Ramayana -- - C.M. Bandhu -- 24. Important Locations (Villages) and Verbal Narratives Associated with -- Princess Sita in the Central Hills of Sri Lanka -- -H.M.D.R. Herath -- Visuais -- List of Contributors.

Contributed articles presented at workshop.

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