Two Masterpieces of Kūṭiyāṭṭam: Mantrāṅkam and Aṅgulīyāṅkam

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Heike Oberlin (Associate Professor, Associate Professor, University of Tübingen) David Shulman (Professor Emeritus, Professor Emeritus, Hebrew University of Jerusalem)

Two Masterpieces of Kūṭiyāṭṭam

Mantrāṅkam and Aṅgulīyāṅkam

Heike Oberlin (Associate Professor, Associate Professor, University of Tübingen), David Shulman (Professor Emeritus, Professor Emeritus, Hebrew University of Jerusalem), Elena Mucciarelli (Professor, Professor, University of Tubingen)

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OUP India
11 September 2019

Performance art; Dance & Performing arts; Asian history; Social & cultural history

Kutiyattam, India's only living traditional Sanskrit theatre, has been continually performed in Kerala for at least a thousand years. The actors and drummers create an entire world in the empty space of the stage by using spectacular costumes and make-up and by an immensely rich interplay of words, rhythms, mime, and gestures.

This volume focuses on Mantrankam and Anguliyankam, the two great masterpieces of Kutiyattam. It provides fundamental general remarks and relates them to pan-Indian reflections on aesthetics, philology, ritual studies, and history. Authored by scholars and active Kutiyattam performers, this is the first attempt to bring together a set of sustained, multi-faceted interpretations of these masterpieces-in-performance. With an aim to open up this ancient art form to readers interested in South Indian culture, religion, theatre and performance studies, philology as well as literature, this volume offers a new way to access a major art form of pre-modern and modern Kerala.

By: Elena Mucciarelli (Professor Professor University of Tubingen)
Edited by: Heike Oberlin (Associate Professor Associate Professor University of Tübingen), David Shulman (Professor Emeritus, Professor Emeritus, Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
Imprint: OUP India
Dimensions: Height: 222mm, Width: 143mm, Spine: 29mm
Weight: 494g
ISBN: 9780199483594
ISBN 10: 0199483590
Pages: 356
Publication Date: 11 September 2019
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Heike Oberlin is Associate Professor, Department of Indology, University of Tübingen, Germany. David Shulman is Professor Emeritus, Department of Asian Studies, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel.