Questioning Ramayanas: A South Asian Tradition
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Editor: Paula RichmanEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2000-10-02
ISBN: 0520220749
Number of pages: 432
Publisher: University of California Press
Book Reviews of Questioning Ramayanas: A South Asian Tradition
Book Review: Complicated and Hard to Understand
Summary: 3 Stars
If you want a good commentary on the Ramayana, Richman's Many Ramayanas: The Diversity of a Narrative Tradition in South Asia contains much more relevant and easy to understand commentary. The articles, in this book, I find to be much more complicated and hard to understand for someone who is not an Indian/South Asian/Hindu Text scholar.
Summary of Questioning Ramayanas: A South Asian Tradition
Questioning Rama's story has played a generative role in sustaining the Ramayana tradition over centuries, across regions, and among different communities. Although the story of Rama (Ramkatha) has generated many tellings, most people are familiar with a few authoritative texts, such as those by Valmiki, Tulsidas, or the television serial by Ramanand Sagar. This volume expands our understanding of Ramkatha by focusing on tellings that question aspects of such dominant texts.Through analysis of oral and written narratives, exegesis, plays, songs, rituals, and poetry, the contributors demonstrate the centrality of questioning within the Ramayana tradition and chart the many forms such interrogation takes. The book demonstrates how questioning safeguards the diversity and capaciousness of the Ramayana tradition.
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