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Author:   Sreenath Nair
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.318kg
ISBN:  

9780786471782

ISBN 10:   0786471786
Pages:   260
Publication Date:   26 January 2015
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Acknowledgments Foreword (M. Krzysztof Byrski) Introduction: The Natyasastra and the Body in the Natyasastra (Sreenath Nair) A Note on Orthography Section 1: Epistemology The Natyasastra: Explicit and Implicit (Kapila Vatsyayan) Epistemology of Aesthetic Experience: Some Reflections on the Natyasastra (Vashishtha Jha) Section 2: Aesthetics Abhinaya Redefined (M. Krzysztof Byrski) Rasa: Abhinavagupta on the Purpose(s) of Art (Daniele Cuneo) Comedy, Consciousness and the Natyasastra (Daniel ­Meyer-Dinkgräfe) Brat Tvam Asi: Rasa as a “Conscious State” (David Mason) Section 3: Neuroscience Rasaesthetics: The Enteric Nervous System in Performance (Richard Schechner) Synesthetics: Rasa as Metaphors in Performance (Sreenath Nair) Rasa Is/As/And Emotional Contagion (Erin B. Mee) Section 4: Religion, Ritual and Kutiyattam The Aesthetics of Kutiyattam (K. Ayyappa Paniker) Actor’s Imagination: Kutiyattam and the Natyasastra (Arya Madhavan) The Religious Background of the Natyasastra Tradition (Natalia Lidova) Section 5: Transcultural Theory and Performance Practice Zero Plus One: Beckett and the Natyasastra (Ralph Yarrow) Darshana and Abhinaya: An Alternative to Male Gaze (Uttara Asha Coorlawala) About the Contributors Index

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the volume provides suggestive ways not only of considering the impact of a unique, provocative ancient text on India's rich drama and dance cultures but also of understanding Western drama and dance aesthetics and practices...recommended --<i>Choice</i>.

the volume provides suggestive ways not only of considering the impact of a unique, provocative ancient text on India's rich drama and dance cultures but also of understanding Western drama and dance aesthetics and practices...recommended --Choice.

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Sreenath Nair is a senior lecturer at the University of Lincoln’s School of Performing Arts in the United Kingdom.

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