ANTH301 Chapter Notes - Chapter Week 7: Devadasi, Ethnography, Natya Shastra
14 Sep 2018
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Rasa i(cid:374) theor(cid:455): te(cid:454)t a(cid:374)d co(cid:374)te(cid:454)t", ch. 2 i(cid:374) Performing the divine in india. pp 7-20: rasa: meaning one:(cid:862) a (cid:373)i(cid:454)ture, (cid:272)o(cid:374)(cid:272)o(cid:272)tio(cid:374), esse(cid:374)(cid:272)e of (cid:448)arious produ(cid:272)ts(cid:863) (cid:894)p. 7(cid:895) Meaning two: (cid:862) to (cid:448)er(cid:455) s(cid:449)eet jui(cid:272)es, as (cid:449)ell as the pepper(cid:455) (cid:449)ater (cid:449)hi(cid:272)h fla(cid:448)ours (cid:373)ost ta(cid:373)il (cid:373)eals(cid:863) (cid:894)p. 7(cid:895) Meaning three: can also refers to singing and circle dancing devoted to krishna. Rajarasam: south indian version of quicksilver or mercury. The four major yugas: krita, treta, divapara, and kali: take their names from the indian dice game, itself a form of play. Mujra"s or basta"s: hand gestures used in indian theatre and dance. Bhakti: religious movement which often appears in relation to devotional poetry. Originally from the tamil-nadu region of india: state in a few sentences, the key themes of this work. This particular text goes into detail the different aspects which need to be considered when viewing indian performance. Furthermore, there is discussion within the text about.
