Performers and Their Arts: Folk, Popular and

Introduction Part I: Caste, Community and performance A ritual performance of Kerala, Vayala Vasudevan Pillai The Patuas of Bengal, Makbul Islam Bards and goddesses: The Pombalas in Tirupati, Anand Akundy Explorations in the art forms of the Cindu madigas in Andhra, Y A Sudhakar Reddy andR R Harischandra Caste identity and performance in a fisher-village of Assam, Kishore Bhattacharjee Part II: Performance Beyond Caste Telugu pady natakam in Andhra: Performance dynamics, P Subbachary Modernising tradition: The yaksagana in Karnataka, Guru Rao Bapat Kalarippayatt as aesthetics and the politics of invisibility in Kerala, P K Sasidharan India People's Theatre Association in colonial Andhra, V Ramakrishna Gaddar and the politics and pain of singing, D Venkat Rao Reviving moghal tamsa in Orissa, Sachi Mohanty Part III: Classical Dance and its Successors New directions in Indian dance, Sunil Kothari Transpositions in kuchipudi dance, Aruna Bhikshu The impact of commercialization in dance, K Subadra Murthy Art addressing social problems, Ananda Shankar Jayant

Sarpam tullal : a ritualistic performance of Kerala	p. 29
Shifting identity of performing artists : the Patuas of Bengal	p. 44
Bards and goddess festivals : the Pombalas and the Gangamma Jatra of Tirupati	p. 59
Story, performance and metaphors : explorations in the art form of Cindu Madigas	p. 82
Caste identity and performance of a puranic story : subversion and construction of identity in a fisherman village of Assam	p. 101
How about some artistic recognition? : folk performers in post-independence India	p. 111
Jendapai Kapiraju : the performance dynamics of Telugu Padya Natakam	p. 129
Modernising tradition : the commercialisation of Yaksagana in Karnataka	p. 151
Kalarippayatt : performance paradigm as aesthetics and politics of invisibility	p. 164
Popular culture and political mobilisation : the Indian People's Theatre Association in Colonial Andhra	p. 183
Risking spaces : the politics and the pain of singing	p. 197
Culture in a globalised world : reviving Bhadrak's	p. 215
New directions in Indian dance	p. 237
Tradition and change : transpositions in Kuchipudi	p. 248
Kuchipudi : changing patterns of patronage	p. 266
The impact of commercialisation on Indian classical dance	p. 277
Art - addressing social problems	p. 294
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