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Living Banaras : Hindu religion in cultural context / edited by Bradley R. Hertel and Cynthia Ann Humes.
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TextSeries: SUNY series in Hindu studiesPublication details: Albany : State University of New York Press, c1993.Description: ix, 320 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN: - 0791413314 (alk. paper)
- 0791413322 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 294.54 H573L 20
- BL1153.7.V36 L58 1993
Contents:
Crossing the water: pilgrimage, movement, and environmental scenography of the Ramlila of Ramnagar / Richard Schechner -- Staring at frames till they turn into loops: an excursion through some worlds of Tulsidas / Linda Hess -- What's taking place: neighborhood Ramlilas in Banaras / Thomas Parkhill -- Hanuman and the moral physique of the Banarsi Wrestler / Joseph S. Alter -- Religious division and the mythology of the past / Mary Searle-Chatterjee -- The monastic structure of Banarsi Dandi Sadhus / Dana W. Sawyer -- The Goddess of the Vindhyas in Banaras / Cynthia Ann Humes -- Lolark Kung: Sun and Shiva Worship in the City of Light / Ratnesh K. Pathak and Cynthia Ann Humes -- Language choice, religion, and identity in the Banarsi Community / Beth Simon -- The thirty-one-day program of the Ramnagar Ramlila -- An encapsulation of the Ramcharitmanas by Tulsidas --Major characters of the Ramayana.
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Includes bibliographical references ([297]-307) and index.
Crossing the water: pilgrimage, movement, and environmental scenography of the Ramlila of Ramnagar / Richard Schechner -- Staring at frames till they turn into loops: an excursion through some worlds of Tulsidas / Linda Hess -- What's taking place: neighborhood Ramlilas in Banaras / Thomas Parkhill -- Hanuman and the moral physique of the Banarsi Wrestler / Joseph S. Alter -- Religious division and the mythology of the past / Mary Searle-Chatterjee -- The monastic structure of Banarsi Dandi Sadhus / Dana W. Sawyer -- The Goddess of the Vindhyas in Banaras / Cynthia Ann Humes -- Lolark Kung: Sun and Shiva Worship in the City of Light / Ratnesh K. Pathak and Cynthia Ann Humes -- Language choice, religion, and identity in the Banarsi Community / Beth Simon -- The thirty-one-day program of the Ramnagar Ramlila -- An encapsulation of the Ramcharitmanas by Tulsidas --Major characters of the Ramayana.
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