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Performing disfigurationpain, affect and staging of relationalities in performances /

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Performing disfigurationby Akhila Vimal C.
Reminder of title:	pain, affect and staging of relationalities in performances /
Author:	Akhila Vimal C.
Published:	Singapore :Springer Nature Singapore :2025.
Description:	lxvii, 279 p. :ill., digital ;24 cm.
Contained By:	Springer Nature eBook
Subject:	Performing artsIndia.
Online resource:	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-96-2448-5
ISBN:	9789819624485$q(electronic bk.)

Performing disfigurationpain, affect and staging of relationalities in performances /
Akhila Vimal C.

Performing disfigurationpain, affect and staging of relationalities in performances /[electronic resource] :by Akhila Vimal C. - Singapore :Springer Nature Singapore :2025. - lxvii, 279 p. :ill., digital ;24 cm. - Performance studies & cultural discourse in South Asia,v. 32731-5096 ;. - Performance studies & cultural discourse in South Asia ;v. 1..

A Prologue to Performing Disfiguration: Framing Contexts and Cultural Echoes -- Segment I: Bleeding Bodies on Stage: Punishment, Aesthetic and the Divine -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Ambiguities of the Classical: Blood, Mutilation, and Performance -- Chapter 2: Ritual: Problematizing Real Blood -- Chapter 3: Performing Pain: Correlating Marma and Performance -- Conclusion -- Segment II: Performing Madness: Codified, Divine, Gendered, and Caste-bound Relations -- Introduction -- Chapter 4: Beyond Normal: Performance of Madness and its Ambivalence -- Chapter 5: Madness: Narratives of Chaatthan and Parava -- Chapter 6: Trance and Possession: Ritual Madness and Choreographed Alterations -- Conclusion -- Segment III: Laughter: Performance and Reception -- Introduction -- Chapter 7: Laughter in Classical Performance: Classification and Characterization -- Chapter 8: Laughing Teyyam: Caste, Disability and Gender -- Chapter 9: The Laughing Spectator: A Brief Analysis on Reception -- Conclusion -- An Epilogue Rooted in Cultural Memory: The Ongoing Journey of Disfiguration.

This book explores the processes of disfiguration in the 'classical' and 'ritual-healing' performances of India, with a particular focus on the rich and diverse performance traditions of Kerala. It examines three modes of disfiguration-'blood,' 'madness,' and 'laughter'-to offer unique insights into how these elements shape the performative body. By drawing on Kerala's distinctive cultural and ritual contexts, this work provides a deep understanding of the region's embodied practices. Written from an interdisciplinary perspective, the book blends performance studies with detailed ethnographic descriptions to capture the nuances of 'pain' and 'affect.' It challenges and subverts normative notions of performance, offering a fresh lens through which to view these dynamic traditions. This book serves as an invaluable resource for scholars of dance, performance studies, and practitioners seeking to explore the interplay between region, ritual, and disfiguration in Indian performance forms.

ISBN: 9789819624485$q(electronic bk.)

Standard No.: 10.1007/978-981-96-2448-5doiSubjects--Topical Terms:

327328
Performing arts
--India.

LC Class. No.: PN2881

Dewey Class. No.: 792.0954

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