While many people outside India find the images, sounds, and
practices of Indian performing arts compelling and endeavor to
incorporate them into the "global" repertoire, few are aware of the
central role of religious belief and practice in Indian aesthetics.
Completing the trilogy that includes "Darsan: Seeing the Divine"
and "Mantra: Hearing the Divine in India and America, " this volume
focuses on how "rasa" has been applied in a range of Indian
performance traditions.
"Rasa" is taste, essence, flavor. How is it possible that a word
used to describe a delicious "masala" can also be used to critique
a Bharata Natyam performance? Rasa expresses the primary goals of
performing arts in India in all the major literary, philosophical,
and aesthetic texts, and it provides the cornerstone of the oral
traditions of transmission. It is also essential to the study and
production of sculpture, architecture, and painting. Yet its
primary referent is cuisine. This book articulates the religious
sensibility underlying the traditional performing arts as well as
other applications of rasa and examines the relationships between
the arts and religion in India today.
General
Imprint: |
Columbia University Press
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
August 2004 |
First published: |
August 2004 |
Authors: |
Susan L. Schwartz
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Dimensions: |
152 x 227 x 15mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
Pages: |
160 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-231-13145-2 |
Categories: |
Books >
Arts & Architecture >
Performing arts >
General
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LSN: |
0-231-13145-3 |
Barcode: |
9780231131452 |
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