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Seven Days of Nectar - Contemporary Oral Performance of the Bhagavatapurana (Hardcover)
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Seven Days of Nectar - Contemporary Oral Performance of the Bhagavatapurana (Hardcover)
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The thousand-year-old Sanskrit classic the Bhagavatapurana, or
"Stories of the Lord," is the foundational source of narratives
concerning the beloved Hindu deity Krishna. For centuries pious
individuals, families, and community groups have engaged specialist
scholar-orators to give week-long oral performances based on this
text. Seated on a dais in front of the audience, the orator intones
selected Sanskrit verses from the text and narrates the story of
Krishna in the local language. These sacred performances are
thought to bring blessings and good fortune to those who sponsor,
perform, or attend them. Devotees believe that the narratives of
Krishna are like the nectar of immortality for those who can
appreciate them. In recent years, these events have grown in
number, scale, and popularity. Once confined to private homes or
temple spaces, contemporary performances now fill vast public
arenas, such as sports stadiums, and attract live audiences in the
tens of thousands while being simulcast around the world. In Seven
Days of Nectar, McComas Taylor uncovers the factors that contribute
to the explosive growth of this tradition. He explores these events
through the lens of performance theory, integrating the text with
the intersecting worlds of sponsors, exponents and audiences. This
innovative approach, which draws on close textual reading,
philology, and ethnography, casts new light on the ways in which
narratives are experienced as authentic and transformative, and
more broadly, how texts shape societies.
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