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Copyright

Francesca Orsini

Published On

2015-10-05

Page Range

pp. 327-358

Print Length

31 pages

12. Texts and Tellings: Kathas in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries

Chapter of: Tellings and Texts: Music, Literature and Performance in North India(pp. 327–358)
Orsini’s chapter on early Hindavi Kathas offers incites on the early Kathas as a genre and discusses some clues specific to the genre that suggest possible performative practices. At the same time, Orsini shows how vernacular tellers turn classical material in their own directions, with a thoughtful feminist slant.

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