1st Edition

Space, Time and Ways of Seeing The Performance Culture of Kutiyattam

By Mundoli Narayanan Copyright 2022
300 Pages 27 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge India

300 Pages 27 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge India

300 Pages 27 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge India

This volume explores the constitutive role played by space in the performance of Kutiyattam. The only surviving form of Sanskrit theatre, Kutiyattam is distinctive in terms of its performance conventions and its unique culture of extensive elaboration and interpretation. Drawing upon the concepts of phenomenology on the processes of perception, particularly on the works of Edmund Husserl, Martin... Read more

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 

Biography

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.