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Theatre and Religion on Krishna's Stage: Performing in Vrindavan

Theatre and Religion on Krishna's Stage: Performing in Vrindavan

Mason, D.

Hardcover

Series: Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History

Theater History

Publisher Price: $54.99

ISBN10: 0230615295
ISBN13: 9780230615298
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: Jun 16 2009
Pages: 195
Weight: 0.70
Height: 0.60 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.30
Language: English
Theatre and Religion on Krishna s Stage examines the history and form of India's râs lila folk theatre, and discusses how this theatre functions as a mechanism of worship and spirituality among Krishna devotees in India. From analyses of performances and conversations with performers, audience, and local scholars, Mason argues that râs lila actors and audience alike actively assume roles that locate them together in the spiritual reality that the play represents. Correlating Krishna devotion and theories of religious experience, this book suggests that the emotional experience of theatrical fiction may arise from the propensity of audiences to play out roles of their own through which they share a performance's reality.

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