The Rite of Seeing: Essays on Kūṭiyāṭṭam

by David Shulman

Kūṭiyāṭṭam, the only surviving live Sanskrit theatre in the world, was defined by UNESCO as 'a masterpiece of the oral and intangible heritage of humanity'. Full performances-almost always a single act taken from a multi-act Sanskrit play-range from 12 to 150 hours (in daily or nightly segments of several hours each) and display an aesthetic brilliance and dizzying complexity that are almost beyond description. Each...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9355720386
• ISBN13: 9789355720382
• Release Date: March 2022
• Publisher: Primus Books
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.17 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"