Theatre and Religion on Krishna's Stage e-bog
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Theatre and Religion on Krishna s Stage examines the history and form of India's ras lila folk theatre, and discusses how this theatre functions as a mechanism of worship and spirituality among Krishna devotees in India. From analyses of performances and conversations with performers, audience, and local scholars, Mason argues that ras lila actors and audience alike actively assume roles that l...
E-bog
436,85 DKK
Forlag
Palgrave Macmillan
Udgivet
25 maj 2009
Genrer
Performing arts
Sprog
English
Format
pdf
Beskyttelse
LCP
ISBN
9780230621589
Theatre and Religion on Krishna s Stage examines the history and form of India's ras lila folk theatre, and discusses how this theatre functions as a mechanism of worship and spirituality among Krishna devotees in India. From analyses of performances and conversations with performers, audience, and local scholars, Mason argues that ras lila actors and audience alike actively assume roles that locate them together in the spiritual reality that the play represents. Correlating Krishna devotion and theories of religious experience, this book suggests that the emotional experience of theatrical fiction may arise from the propensity of audiences to play out roles of their own through which they share a performance's reality.