Attentive Minds.
"From tenth-century South India to twenty-first-century cultural events, from the court assemblies to the public space: Attentive Minds takes you on a journey through the fascinating world of avadhāna, a complex and long-living performative art of India whose practitioners showcase highly deve...
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| Superior document: | Brill's Indological Library ; v.58 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Boston : : BRILL,, 2023. ©2024. |
| Year of Publication: | 2023 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Brill's Indological Library
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (399 pages) |
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Table of Contents:
- Part I. Towards the Avadhāna: 1. Celebration of Cognitive Skills
- 2. Riddles, Skills, and Arts
- 3. Performing Literary Composition
- Part II. The Great (Systematized) Improvisation: 4. The Systematization of Avadhāna
- 5. The Languages of Avadhāna
- 6. Performing Traditions, Fostering Communities
- Part III. Voices from the Stones and Scriptures: 7. Tablets, Stones, and Copperplates
- 8. Avadhāna in the Literary Sources
- 9. Spatial and Temporal Aspects of Avadhāna
- Part IV. Figures on the Stage: 10. The Preparation of Avadhānī
- 11. In the Milieu of Avadhānīs
- 12. The Challenges of the 20th and 21st Centuries
- Appendix 1: Selected Examples of Historical and Contemporary Practitioners of Avadhāna
- Appendix 2: Selected Verses Composed by Avadhānīs and Pṛcchakas
- Appendix 3: A Glossary of Terms Connected to Avadhāna
- Bibliography.