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Grounds for play: the Nauṭaṅkī theatre of North India
Kathryn Hansen
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Cover
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Title Page
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Copyright and Permissions
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List of Illustrations
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List of Audio Clips
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Dedication
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Epigraph
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Acknowledgments
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Note on Transliteration
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Preface to the Electronic Edition, 2014
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Introduction
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Chapter One The Name of the Nauṭaṅkī
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First Meeting
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Alternative Etymologies
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The Journey
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Renu's Actress
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Clash and Conquest
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Gender and Genre in Nauṭaṅkī shāhzādī
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Chapter Two Situating an Intermediary Theatre
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Bharata's Origin Myth
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Boundaries of Language, Region, and Religion
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Urban-Rural Cultural Flows
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Parameters of the Folk and the Classical
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Folk Theatre as a Genre of Folklore
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Chapter Three The Landscape of Premodern Performance
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Devotional Drama in Hindi
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Early References to Svāṅg
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Khyāl Theatre of Rajasthan
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Lāvanī Poetry and the Turrā-Kalagī Akhāṛās
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Nath Yogis and Narrative Folklore
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Court Theatre and the Indarsabhā
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Urban Theatre and the Parsi Stage
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Chapter Four Authors, Akhāṛās, and Texts
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The Sources of Sāṅgīt Texts: Old and New
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Lithographed Sāṅgīts: 1866-1896
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Natharam and the Indarman Akhāṛā of Hathras: 1892-1920
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Other Hathras Akhāṛās
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Extension of Nauṭaṅkī to Kanpur: 1910-1930
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Shrikrishna Khatri Pahalvan
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Recent Developments
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Perspectives on Change
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Chapter Five Kings, Warriors, and Bandits
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Kings Who Abandon Their Thrones
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Honor, Loyalty, and the Warrior's Code
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Attitudes toward British Rule
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Dacoit Heroes: Serving the Poor
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Chapter Six Paradigms of Pure Love
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The Paradigm of Pure Love
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The Lover as Renunciant
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Love across Boundaries of Caste and Class
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Relations between Communities: Hindu and Muslim
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Chapter Seven Women's Lives and Deaths
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The Dangers of Female Desire
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Family, Chastity, and the Limits of Loyalty
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The Vīrāṅganā and the Legitimation of Female Agency
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Widows, Unwed Mothers, and Working Women
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Chapter Eight Melody, Meter, and the Musical Medium
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Music for the Outdoor Stage
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Metrical Patterns and Melodic Contours
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From Competition to Commodity
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Chapter Nine Conclusion
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Epilogue
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Appendices
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Appendix A Motif Analysis of Sāṅgīt Nauṭaṅkī shāhzādī by Natharam
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Appendix B Khyāl Literature in British Collections
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Appendix C Sāṅgīt Literature in British Collections
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Appendix D Hansen Collection of Contemporary Sāṅgīts
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Appendix E Nauṭaṅkī Performances
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Appendix F Translation and Transcription of Indal haraṇ: The Kidnapping of Indal
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Appendix G A Brief History of Meters in Svāṅg and Nauṭaṅkī
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Notes
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Introduction
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Chapter One
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Chapter Two
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Chapter Three
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Chapter Four
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Chapter Five
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Chapter Six
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Chapter Seven
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Chapter Eight
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Chapter Nine
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Epilogue
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Bibliography
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English Sources
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Hindi Sources
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Urdu Sources
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Journal Abbreviation | Label | URL |
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ETMU | 39.2 (Spring - Summer 1995): 282-285 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/924432 |
JAS | 52.1 (Feb. 1993): 185-186 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/2059197 |
AFS | 54.1 (1995): 162-163 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/1178242 |
ATJ | 10.2 (Autumn 1993): 221-225 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/1124184 |
ASM | 25.1/2 (1993-1994): 247-252 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/834208 |
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Published: 2014
Publisher: University of California Press
- 9780520072732 (hardcover)
- 9780520910881 (ebook)