About this title: Questioning Rama's story has played a generative role in sustaining the Ramayana tradition over centuries, across regions, and among different communities. although the story of Rama (Ramkatha) has generated many tellings, most people are familiar with a few authoritative texts, such as those by Valmiki, Tulsidas, or the television serial by Ramanand Sagar. This volume expands our understanding of Ramkatha by focusing on tellings that question aspects of such dominant texts. Through analysis of oral and written narratives, exegesis, plays, songs, rituals, and poetry, the contributors ...
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: University of California Press
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780520220744ISBN:0520220749
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: University of California Press
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780520220744ISBN:0520220749
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Binding: orig. cloth
Publisher: Univ. of California Press, Berkeley
Date Published: (2001)
Description: Minor rubbing. VG. 23x15cm, xx, 432 pp. Contains 16 papers. Includes: P. Richman "Questioning & Multiplicity Within the Ramayana Tradition"; L. Hess "Lovers' Doubts: Questioning the Tulsi Ramayana"; D. Shulman "Bhavabhuti on Cruelty & Compassion"; V. Aklujkar "Crying Dogs & Laughing Trees in Rama's Kingdom: Self-Reflexivty in Ananda Ramayana"; R.P. Goldman "Ravana's Kitchen: A Testimony of Desire & the Other"; P. Lutgendorf "Dining Out at Lake Pampa: The Shabari Episode in Multiple Ramayana"; U ... read more
Edition: Reprint
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: University of California Press, Berkeley
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780520220744ISBN:0520220749
Description: Brand new. 432 pages. A collection of sixteen scholarly essays. Questioning Rama's story has played a generative role in sustaining the Ramayana tradition over centuries, across regions, and among different communities. This volume expands our understanding of Rama (Rankatha) by focusing on tellings that question aspects of the dominant texts such as those by Valmiki, Tulsidas and also the television serial by Ramanand Sagar. Softcover, a new book. 8vo. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: UNIV OF CALIFORNIA PR
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780520220744ISBN:0520220749
Description: New. Questioning Rama's story has played a generative role in sustaining the Ramayana tradition over centuries, across regions, and among different communities. Although the story of Rama (Ramkatha) has generated many tellings, most people are familiar wi... read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: University of California Press
ISBN-13:9780520220744ISBN:0520220749
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: University of California Press
ISBN-13:9780520220744ISBN:0520220749
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Description: As New. Contents: Foreword/Romila Thapar. A note on transliteration. 1. Questioning and multiplicity within the Ramayana tradition/Paula Richman. Forms of questioning: 2. Lovers¦ doubts: questioning the Tulsi Ramayan/ Linda Hess. 3. Bhavabhuti on cruelty and compassion/David Shulman. 4. Crying dogs and laughing trees in Rama Kingdom: self-reflexivity in Ananda Ramayana/Vidyut Aklujkar. 4. Ravana kitchen: a testimony of desire and the other/Robert P. Goldman. Assertions of social rank: 6. Dining ... read more
Description: Brand New in Brand New jacket. Condition: NEW ~ Now available in paper back edition, this volume expands our understanding of Ramkatha by focusing upon tellings ûfor example from the regional languages, dialects, and tribal versions ûthat question aspects of such dominant texts. The essays demonstrate how questioning safeguards the diversity of the Ramayana tradition. This unique study will be indispensable to those in the fields of literature, religion, and folklore. Although the story of ... read more
Description: Brand New in Brand New jacket. Condition: NEW ~ This volume expands our understanding of Ramkatha by focusing upon telling that question aspects of such dominant texts. Although the story of Rama (Ramkatha) has generated many tellings most people are familiar with a few dominant texts, such as those by Valmiki and Tulsidas, or the television serial by Ramanand Sagar. This volume expands our understanding of Ramkatha by focusing upon tellings that question aspects of such dominant texts. ... read more
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