The Power of Performance: Actors, Audiences and Observers of Cultural Performances in India
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Edition
1st ed.
Publisher
ISBN
9788173047688
Length
290p., Plates; Figures; Notes; 24cm.
Subjects
The volume aims at examining the transformative power of performances from three perspectives: that of the performer, of the audience and of the observer. In part I, different rituals are studied from the perspective of the performers, their physical enactment and their techniques of empowering a performance and creating presence. What makes their performance meaningful, true, efficient? How do they empower a performance? Is it words, action, ...
