{"product_id":"the-multivalence-of-an-epic-parul-pandya-dhar-9781032599120","title":"The Multivalence of an Epic: Retelling the R\u0026#257;m\u0026#257;ya\u0026#7751;a in South India and Southeast Asia","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis volume examines The Rāmāyaṇa traditions of South India and Southeast Asia. Bringing together 19 well-known scholars in Rāmāyaṇa studies from Cambodia, Canada, France, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, UK, and USA, this thought-provoking and elegantly illustrated volume engages with the inherent plurality, diversity, and adaptability of the Rāmāyaṇa in changing socio-political, religious, and cultural contexts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe journey and localization of the Rāmāyaṇa is explored in its manifold expressions - from classical to folk, from temples and palaces to theatres and by-lanes in cities and villages, and from ancient to modern times. Regional Rāmāyaṇas from different parts of South India and Southeast Asia are placed in deliberate juxtaposition to enable a historically informed discussion of their connected pasts across land and seas. The three parts of this volume, organized as visual, literary, and performance cultures, discuss the sculpted, painted, inscribed, written, recited, and performed Rāmāyaṇas. A related emphasis is on the way boundaries of medium and genre have been crossed in the visual, literary, and performed representations of the Rāmāyaṇa.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Parul Pandya Dhar\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 103259912X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781032599120\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/06\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 372\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.88d","brand":"Parul Pandya Dhar","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44321350844671,"sku":"9781032599120","price":170.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_282dd1bf-a8d3-44e5-9240-02ca3eaa23a3.jpg?v=1696330440","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-multivalence-of-an-epic-parul-pandya-dhar-9781032599120","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}