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Sacred Play

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Author : Selva J. Raj
language : en
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Release Date : 2010-01-12

Sacred Play written by Selva J. Raj and has been published by State University of New York Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-01-12 with Religion categories.

Frivolity isn't always frivolous—sometimes it can be sacred. Sacred Play uncovers levity and playfulness in a variety of South Asian traditions where one might least expect to find it: in the heart of ritual. While stories recounting the antics of various South Asian deities circulate widely, this enlightening book intentionally departs from divinity-centered humor to focus on the playfulness of humans and their religious practices. This grassroots levity is both serious and lighthearted; it can be highly scripted or spontaneous and cast in shades of light or dark humor. Case studies of Hindu, Muslim, Christian, and Buddhist rituals examine instances of levity that challenge social or religious norms, in which mischievous deities inspire similar behavior among their devotees, and where playful competition incites serious consequences.Sacred Play explores how piety and levity can complement and complicate one another, enriching our understanding of both. Selva J. Raj (1952–2008) was Chair and Stanley S. Kresge Professor of Religious Studies at Albion College. His books include Dealing with Deities: The Ritual Vow in South Asia, also published by SUNY Press, and South Asian Christian Diaspora: Invisible Diaspora in Europe and North America. Corinne G. Dempsey is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point. She is author of Kerala Christian Sainthood: Collisions of Culture and Worldview in South India and The Goddess Lives in Upstate New York: Breaking Convention and Making Home at a North American Hindu Temple. Together they coedited Popular Christianity in India: Riting between the Lines and Miracle as Modern Conundrum in South Asian Religious Traditions, both also published by SUNY Press.

Renaissance In Italy

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Author : John Addington Symonds
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1898

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Notes And Queries A Medium Of Inter Communication For Literary Men Artists Antiquaries Genealogists Etc

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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1880

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Bygone Hertfordshire Ed By W Andrews

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Author : William Andrews
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1898

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Calendar

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Author : University College, Galway
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1898

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Knowledge

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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1885

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The Sports And Pastimes Of The People Of England New Edition By W Hone Etc

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Author : Joseph STRUTT (Engraver.)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1875

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Gordon Craig On Movement And Dance

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Author : Edward Gordon Craig
language : en
Publisher: Dance Books Limited
Release Date : 1978

Gordon Craig On Movement And Dance written by Edward Gordon Craig and has been published by Dance Books Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1978 with Performing Arts categories.

Edward Gordon Craig (1872-1966) is particularly known among theatre prac-titioners and students of the theatre as a pioneer in what has been referred to as "the new movement in the theatre," commencing with his experimental productions in the early years of the twentieth century and his first book, The Art of the Theatre, published in 1905. Al-though labelled an impractical dreamer by his detractors, he successfully designed and pro-duced a baker's dozen of plays and operas, rang-ing from the amateur Dido and Aeneas in 1900 to the renowned co-production with Constantin Stanislavsky of Hamlet at the Moscow Art Theatre; from the highly revolutionary produc-tion of Ibsen's The Vikings in 1903, under Ellen Terry's management with her appearing as Hiordis, to Ibsen's The Pretenders for The Royal Theatre in Copenhagen in the '20's. However, his greatest influence on the modern theatre was due only in part, to the actual pro-ductions; far greater in importance were his vi-sionary, prophetic approaches to a new theatre in which, for once, all components would be united under the creative artistic impulse of a single person, an approach taken for granted today. Although this is frequently thought to be his major contribution, there were, of course, many others because of Craig's extremely fertile and inventive imagination and devotion to theatre. One little known aspect of his prolific outpouring of books, articles, book reviews, letters, etc. is the consider-able attention he paid to dance in its various manifestations. Gathered here are all the known published writings by Craig on movement and dance: arti-cles, notes, editorials, book-reviews ranging over a wide variety of material from pieces concerning themselves with theory to "classic ballet" (Clerico, Cortesi, Guimard, Lambranzi, Taglioni, Pavlova, Nijinsky, Rubinstein); ethnic and folk dance from the Far East to England, to "modern dance" (Morris, Enters, Duncan, Fuller, St. Den-is, Shawn and Dalcroze). Craig's bete-noire, Diaghilev's Russian Ballet, received considerable attention from him in many pieces for many years. In order to produce so much material Craig not only used his own name but resorted to an earlier subterfuge, that of pseudonyms. In his magazine, The Mask, we find that he used some sixty-six, not all represented here, however, because of the subject limitation. Included here are also a number of short, unsigned pieces which may or may not have served as yet another "mask" for Craig but are assigned to him by the editor to provide a more detailed picture. Omitted are a few articles on dance not written by Craig but by other, "real" people for The Mask. It is hoped this work will bring to the surface another facet of Craig's involvement in "total theatre."

Frank Leslie S Illustrated Newspaper

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Author : John Albert Sleicher
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1887

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Supplementary Catalogue Of Books Added To The San Francisco Free Public Library Since May 1884 No 5 1888

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Author : San Francisco Public Library
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1889

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