Space, Time and Ways of Seeing

This volume explores the constitutive role played by space in the performance of Kutiyattam. It book explores the theatrical event as a phenomenon that comes into existence through a triangular relationship among the 'ways of being' of the performers, the 'ways of seeing' of the audience, and the space which brings them together.

Autorentext

Mundoli Narayanan, teaches at the Department English, University of Calicut, India. He has a PhD from the University of Exeter, UK, has also taught at the University of Sharjah, Miyazaki International College, Japan, and has been a Fellow at the Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla. He writes in both English and Malayalam and his major areas of research and publication are Theatre & Performance Studies, traditional Indian performance and Cultural Studies. He has also done extensive documentation in association with UNESCO, CDiT, and VEDIKA.

Inhalt

1. Introduction: The Spatial Turn 2. Space and Ways of Doing/Seeing in Performance 3. Historical Contexts of Kutiyattam: Incorporation into Temples 4. Physical Space and the Culture of Elaboration 5. Performance Time: Digressions and Dissonance 6. The Training Space: The Body as Live Archive 7. The Socio-Cultural Space: Structures of Ideology and Knowledge Conclusion: Contemporary Spaces