| Description |
xv, 118 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 107-112) and index. |
| Contents |
Transliteration and romanization -- 1. A taste of things to come -- 2. Rasa in theory: text and context -- Etymological ingredients -- Sources of inspiration -- A written recipe for the arts -- Influences and implications -- 3. Rasa in practice: drama, dance, music -- All the stage is but a world -- Dance as mystery -- Bharata Natyam -- Shringara Rasa: what love has to do with it -- Kathak -- Kathakali -- Good taste in music -- Dissonance, assonance, variation, transcendence -- 4. Transformations in time and space. |
| Subject |
Performing arts -- India.
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Performing arts. |
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India. |
| ISBN |
0231131453 paperback alkaline paper |
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0231131445 cloth alkaline paper |
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