عنوان

Christian Themes and the Role of the Nāyikā in Bharatanāṭyam

شماره

LA112612

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انگلیسی

عنوان اصلي

Christian Themes and the Role of the Nāyikā in Bharatanāṭyam

نام عام مواد

[Article]

نام نخستين پديدآور

Katherine C. Zubko

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

Leiden

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

Brill

متن يادداشت

Within the Indian classical dance style of bharatanāṭyam, performers traditionally embody the stories of Hindu gods and goddesses. This paper discusses selected examples of how Christian themes have been incorporated into the art form by both Hindu and non-Hindu participants, including the adaptation of the aesthetics of the nāyikā, a female heroine yearning for her absent beloved. In an extended case study, I examine the presentation of one such unique nāyikā, a Christian Indian woman who contracts HIV from her husband, in particular demonstrating how various gesture sequences draw upon the recognizable, empathetic foundation of the suffering heroine to depict the realities of the illness of HIV. The despair and pain of the nāyikā, and the role of a sakhī as sympathetic doctor, invite audiences into a familiar aesthetic framework that also creates receptivity towards a significant social critique. Within the Indian classical dance style of bharatanāṭyam, performers traditionally embody the stories of Hindu gods and goddesses. This paper discusses selected examples of how Christian themes have been incorporated into the art form by both Hindu and non-Hindu participants, including the adaptation of the aesthetics of the nāyikā, a female heroine yearning for her absent beloved. In an extended case study, I examine the presentation of one such unique nāyikā, a Christian Indian woman who contracts HIV from her husband, in particular demonstrating how various gesture sequences draw upon the recognizable, empathetic foundation of the suffering heroine to depict the realities of the illness of HIV. The despair and pain of the nāyikā, and the role of a sakhī as sympathetic doctor, invite audiences into a familiar aesthetic framework that also creates receptivity towards a significant social critique.

تاريخ نشر

2018

توصيف ظاهري

269-289

عنوان

International Journal of Asian Christianity

شماره جلد

1/2

شماره استاندارد بين المللي پياييندها

2542-4246

اصطلاح موضوعی

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اصطلاح موضوعی

Asian Studies

اصطلاح موضوعی

Religion in Asia

اصطلاح موضوعی

Religious Studies

اصطلاح موضوعی

Theology and World Christianity

اصطلاح موضوعی

World Christianity

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Katherine C. Zubko

شماره بازیابی

10.1163/25424246-00102006

نام الکترونيکي

فرمت انتشار

p

نوع ماده

[Article]

کد کاربرگه

275578

سطح دسترسي

a

تكميل شده

Y