Between Fame and Shame

Performing Women - Women Performers in India

edited by Heidrun Bruckner, Hanne M. de Bruin and Heike Moser

Book cover: Between Fame and Shame

Extent: 284 pages

Publisher: Harrassowitz Verlag

Subjects: Asian/Pacific Studies & Religions, Music & Performing Arts

Series: Drama und Theater in Sudasien

Series volume number: 9

Language: English

Paperback (Published)

(March 2011)

ISBN: 9783447062817

6.65 x 9.45 inches

Price: $68.00

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Between Fame and Shame” edited by Heidrun Bruckner, Hanne de Bruin, and Heike Moser presents twelve essays dealing with the role of women in various Indian performance traditions and in different social contexts. The volume’s contributions are intended to convey a better understanding of the – often troubled – relation between women and public performances. The cultural performances studied range from possession performed by women as a religious service to a deity, to on-stage performances by professional actresses representing different performance genres. The regional focus is on South India, especially Kerala and Karnataka. A special feature of the book is the simultaneous internet publication of the audio, audio-visual, and visual materials referred to in the articles. Some of the audio provide for the first time samples of oral literary genres recorded, in some cases as early as the 1970s. The authors of the essays are anthropologists (Claus, Schombucher, Guillebaud), folklorists (Rai), Indologists (Bruckner, de Bruin, Moser, Johan, Griebl/Sommer) sociologists (Schulze), and theatre scholars (Daugherty, Pitkow) from India, Europe, and the USA.

  • Edited by Heidrun Bruckner
  • Edited by Hanne M de Bruin
  • Edited by Heike Moser