Dancing bodies of devotion : fluid gestures in Bharata natyam / Katherine C. Zubko.
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Lanham, Maryland :
Lexington Books,
[2014]
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| Series: | Studies in body and religion.
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Table of Contents:
- Part I Religious Bodies 33
- 1 Rasa: A Taste of the Divine 37
- 2 Balasaraswati and Krishna Ni Begane Baro 47
- 3 Francis Barboza and Christian Themes 59
- Conclusion: Bhakti Rasa: A Re-Personalized Aesthetic of Devotion 73
- Part II Cultural Bodies 75
- 4 Rasa and Bhakti as Indian Categories 81
- 5 Dhanajayanas' Sanghanitra 93
- 6 Kalai Kaviri's Gayatri Mantra 105
- Conclusion: Is There an Indian Way to Dance Devotion? 115
- Part III Ethical Bodies 119
- 7 Natya as Visual Education and the Ethics of Rasa 123
- 8 Dhananjayans' Stree (Woman) 137
- 9 Monica Colley's Morality Tales and Bhagavad Gita Sabdam 147
- Conclusion: An Ethics of Bhakti Rasa: Performance of a Moral Mood 167
- Part IV Pluralisitic Bodies 171
- 10 Unity and Multiplicity of Rasa 175
- 11 Malini Srinivasan and Sufi Qawwali 181
- 12 Tehreema Mitha and Ratt Jaga (The Vigil) 199
- Conclusion: Revisiting "Unity in Diversity" 215.