Kathakali Dance-Drama
Where Gods and Demons Come to Play
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4984535 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ananya Chatterjea (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2003 |
| Volume | 55 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 556-558 |
| Publication date | 2003-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Theatre Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0192-2882 • E-ISSN: 1086-332X |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1353/tj.2003.0099 |
| OpenAlex | W1990031553 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
In constructing a comprehensive study of this dance-drama form from Kerala, South India, based more or less on mythological and epical stories, Phillip Zarrilli locates his Kathakali Dance-Drama at the intersection of ethnographic and performance research, oral history, textual analysis, performance documentation, and post-structural analysis. His commitment is to elucidating the unique process whereby a literary text enters the realm of Kathakali performance, where the performing bodies create a narrative parallel with the original literary document. This shapes the structure of his book, which is accompanied by five videocassettes. (These were not available to me and would certainly enhance a reader's experience of Zarrrilli's study
Aesthetics · Archaeology · Art · Dance · Documentation · Drama · Ethnography · Literature · Mythology · Narrative · Narrative structure · Realm · Sociology · Visual arts · Anthropology · Computer Science · Diversity and Impact of Dance · History · Philippine History and Culture · Theatre and Performance Studies
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |