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dc.contributor.editorBurkhalter Flueckiger, Joyce
dc.contributor.editorSears, Laurie
dc.date.accessioned2020-09-23T15:20:11Z
dc.date.available2020-09-23T15:20:11Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.identifierONIX_20200923_9780472901715_55
dc.identifier.urihttps://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/41859
dc.description.abstractWhen the Mahabharata and Ramayana are performed in South and Southeast Asia, audiences may witness a variety of styles. A single performer may deliver a two-hour recitation, women may meet in informal singing groups, shaddow puppets may host an all-night play, or professional theaters may put on productions lasting thirty nights. Performances often celebrate ritual passages: births, deaths, marriages, and religious observances. The stories live and are transmitted through performance; their characters are well known and well loved. Yet written versions of the Mahabharata and Ramayana have existed in both South and Southeast Asia for hundreds of years. Rarely have these texts been intended for private reading. What is the relationship between written text and oral performance? What do performers and audiences mean when they identify something as “Ramayana” or “Mahabharata”? How do they conceive of texts? What are the boundaries of the texts? By analyzing specific performance traditions, Boundaries of the Text addresses questions of what happens to written texts when they are preformed and how performance traditions are affected when they interact with written texts. The dynamics of this interaction are of particular interest in South and Southeast Asia where oral performance and written traditions share a long, interwoven history. The contributors to Boundaries of the Text show the difficulty of maintaining sharp distinctions between oral and written patterns, as the traditions they consider defy a unidirectional movement from oral to written. The boundaries of epic traditions are in a state of flux, contracting or expanding as South and Southeast Asian societies respond to increasing access to modern education, print technology, and electronic media.
dc.languageEnglish
dc.relation.ispartofseriesMichigan Papers On South And Southeast Asia
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropologyen_US
dc.subject.otherSociology and anthropology
dc.titleBoundaries of the Text
dc.title.alternativeEpic Performances in South and Southeast Asia
dc.typebook
oapen.identifier.doi10.3998/mpub.19503
oapen.relation.isPublishedBye07ce9b5-7a46-4096-8f0c-bc1920e3d889
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oapen.imprintU OF M CENTER FOR SOUTH EAST ASIAN STUDI
oapen.series.number35
oapen.pages173
oapen.place.publicationAnn Arbor
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oapen.review.commentsThe proposal was selected by the acquisitions editor who invited a full manuscript. The full manuscript was reviewed by two external readers using a double-blind process. Based on the acquisitions editor recommendation, the external reviews, and their own analysis, the Executive Committee (Editorial Board) of U-M Press approved the project for publication.


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