Performers and Their Arts

Introduction Part I: Caste, Community and performance A ritual performance of Kerala, Vayala Vasudevan PillaiThe Patuas of Bengal, Makbul IslamBards and goddesses: The Pombalas in Tirupati, Anand AkundyExplorations in the art forms of the Cindu madigas in Andhra, Y A Sudhakar Reddy and R R HarischandraCaste identity and performance in a fisher-village of Assam, Kishore BhattacharjeePart II: Performance Beyond CasteTelugu pady natakam in Andhra: Performance dynamics, P SubbacharyModernising tradition: The yaksagana in Karnataka, Guru Rao BapatKalarippayatt as aesthetics and the politics of invisibility in Kerala, P K SasidharanIndia People's Theatre Association in colonial Andhra, V RamakrishnaGaddar and the politics and pain of singing, D Venkat RaoReviving moghal tamsa in Orissa, Sachi MohantyPart III: Classical Dance and its SuccessorsNew directions in Indian dance, Sunil KothariTranspositions in kuchipudi dance, Aruna BhikshuThe impact of commercialization in dance, K Subadra MurthyArt addressing social problems, Ananda Shankar Jayant