Rasa: Performing the Divine in India

Susan L. Schwartz

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Paper, 160 pages, 32 photos
ISBN: 978-0-231-13145-2
$26.00 / £18.00

August, 2004
Cloth, 160 pages, 32 photos
ISBN: 978-0-231-13144-5
$75.50 / £52.00

Preface

Transliteration and Romanization

A Taste of Things to Come

RASA in Theory: Text and Context

A. Etymological Ingredients

B. Sources of Inspiration

C. A Written Recipe for the Arts

D. Influences and Implications

RASA in Practice: Drama, Dance, Music

A. All The Stage Is But a World

B. Dance As Mystery

Bharata Natyam

Shringara Rasa: What Love Has to Do With It

Kathakali

Kathak

C. Good Taste In Music

Transformations In Time And Space

Glossary

Bibliography

About the Author

Susan L. Schwartz is associate professor of religion and director of the Interdisciplinary Program in Asian Traditions at Muhlenberg College. She is the coauthor of The Religions of Star Trek.

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