Maheshwar Kumar
Biographic Data
| ID | 3648099 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Maheshwar Kumar |
| GIVEN NAMES | Maheshwar |
| FAMILY NAME | Kumar |
| SIGNATURE | KUMAR M |
| AFFILIATIONS | National Institute of Science Education and Research |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2614-112X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Dance as Cultural/Performance Text
This study interrogates Purulia Chhau as a cultural/performance text through the frameworks of cultural labor and theater semiotics. Drawing on Bramha Prakash’s sanskrutik sram, it argues that the laboring body generates value, forging ties to place, memory, and identity. Mythic portrayals of Chhau’s semiotic network—masks, costumes, body language, music, and audience reception—construct authority and meaning while negotiating authenticity, commo…
Performance as cultural text
Referring to the social and cultural anthropological perspectives and employing a qualitative approach as the primary methodological tool, this PhD dissertation explores the performing art tradition of Chhau in Purulia, West Bengal, as a cultural/performance text. According to Richard Schechner (2006), the performance process as a time-space sequence consists of (1) proto-performance – training, workshop, and rehearsal; (2) performance – warm-up,…
Cultures of Orality and Performativity in the Performing Art Tradition of Purulia Chhau
Purulia Chhau, a folk, tribal, martial, masked dance-drama form of Eastern India, is performed over generations orally. Having no written performance text available, all the actions of Purulia Chhau, such as gestures, postures, dance movements and so on are materialized through the various performative utterances by the vocalist, who provide the storyline of the Chhau repertoires; musicians, who bring musical tempo into dance movements; and the d…
Ritual, Performance and Spirituality
Ritual, a reflection of human nature, society, and culture, influences various performance traditions as a form of symbolism, a way of communicating and a vehicle of transformation. Additionally, performance as an embodied process characterizes the constitutive of culture signifying the study of man. This integration of ritual and performance is mirrored in the Chaitra Parva or the Spring Festival, celebrated annually in honor of Lord Shiva, invo…
Habit as Restored Behaviour in Purulia Chhau
According to Richard Schechner, the overall time-space sequence of performance is divided into three parts: proto-performance, performance and aftermath. Schechner’s concept of restored behaviour falls under the time-space sequence of proto-performance, which comprises of training, workshop and rehearsal processes. As such, restored behaviour marks previously enacted embodiment and emphasizes the processes of repetition and revision. These behavi…
Performance as cultural text
Referring to the social and cultural anthropological perspectives and employing a qualitative approach as the primary methodological tool, this PhD dissertation explores the performing art tradition of Chhau in Purulia, West Bengal, as a cultural/performance text. According to Richard Schechner (2006), the performance process as a time-space sequence consists of (1) proto-performance – training, workshop, and rehearsal; (2) performance – warm-up,…
Habit as Restored Behaviour in Purulia Chhau
According to Richard Schechner, the overall time-space sequence of performance is divided into three parts: proto-performance, performance and aftermath. Schechner’s concept of restored behaviour falls under the time-space sequence of proto-performance, which comprises of training, workshop and rehearsal processes. As such, restored behaviour marks previously enacted embodiment and emphasizes the processes of repetition and revision. These behavi…
Cultures of Orality and Performativity in the Performing Art Tradition of Purulia Chhau
Purulia Chhau, a folk, tribal, martial, masked dance-drama form of Eastern India, is performed over generations orally. Having no written performance text available, all the actions of Purulia Chhau, such as gestures, postures, dance movements and so on are materialized through the various performative utterances by the vocalist, who provide the storyline of the Chhau repertoires; musicians, who bring musical tempo into dance movements; and the d…
Ritual, Performance and Spirituality
Ritual, a reflection of human nature, society, and culture, influences various performance traditions as a form of symbolism, a way of communicating and a vehicle of transformation. Additionally, performance as an embodied process characterizes the constitutive of culture signifying the study of man. This integration of ritual and performance is mirrored in the Chaitra Parva or the Spring Festival, celebrated annually in honor of Lord Shiva, invo…
Performance as cultural text
Referring to the social and cultural anthropological perspectives and employing a qualitative approach as the primary methodological tool, this PhD dissertation explores the performing art tradition of Chhau in Purulia, West Bengal, as a cultural/performance text. According to Richard Schechner (2006), the performance process as a time-space sequence consists of (1) proto-performance – training, workshop, and rehearsal; (2) performance – warm-up,…
Dance as Cultural/Performance Text
This study interrogates Purulia Chhau as a cultural/performance text through the frameworks of cultural labor and theater semiotics. Drawing on Bramha Prakash’s sanskrutik sram, it argues that the laboring body generates value, forging ties to place, memory, and identity. Mythic portrayals of Chhau’s semiotic network—masks, costumes, body language, music, and audience reception—construct authority and meaning while negotiating authenticity, commo…
Art (4 works) · Aesthetics (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · South Asian Cinema and Culture (3 works) · Theatre and Performance Studies (3 works) · Dance (2 works) · Diversity and Impact of Dance (2 works) · History (2 works) · Performative utterance (2 works) · Theater, Performance, and Music History (2 works)