Sacred to Profane: Writings on Worship and Performance » (REV)

Anjum Katyal is Senior Editor, Seagull Books Calcutta.

This book explores the intricate connections between worship and performance, the sacred and the profane.

Introduction: The Laughing Performer

   Sibaji Bandyopadhyay

A Dramatist of Popular Angst: The Mystic Bamakshyapa of Tarapeeth

   Sumanta Banerjee

Performed Imaginaries: Ramlila in the City of Varanasi

   Richard Schechner

Making Music in the Spiritual Assembly: Qawwali and the Sufi Tradition

   Regula Burckhardt Qureshi

Performing the Goddess: Sacred Ritual into Professional Performance

   Anjum Katyal

Both Sacred and Profane: The Kattaikuttu Theatre in Tamilnadu

   Hanne M. de Bruin

Appendices

   A.  Performative Acts of Healing: Legends of Bamakshyapa

   B.  A Sacred Geography: Watching the Ramlila of Ramnagar

   C.  The Dynamics of Actual Performance

   D.  Interview with Chapal Bhaduri

   E.  A Kattaikkuttu Playscript

Notes on Contributors.