The life of a text: performing the Rāmcaritmānas of Tulsidas

Frontmatter\nList of Illustrations (page ix)\nAcknowledgments (page xi)\nA Note on Transliteration (page xv)\n1. The Text and the Research Context (page 1)\n	Introduction (page 1)\n	Tulsidas and the Ramayan Tradition (page 3)\n	Metrical and Narrative Structure (page 13)\n	The Fathomless Lake: Tulsi\'s Narrative Framing (page 18)\n	The Manas and the Western Audience (page 29)\n	On Poetry and Performance (page 33)\n	Banaras: City of Tulsidas (page 41)\n2. The Text in Recitation and Song (page 53)\n	The Varieties of Recitation (page 53)\n	Spreading the Word: The Puranic Recitation Model (page 56)\n	The Rites of Recitation (page 68)\n	The \"Great Sacrifice\" of Manas Recitation (page 80)\n	The Pleasures of Manas Singing (page 97)\n3. The Text Expounded: The Development of Manas-Katha (page 113)\n	The Telling and Its Milieu (page 113)\n	Epic and Puranic Exegetical Traditions (page 119)\n	The Manas-Katha Tradition (page 128)\n	Changing Styles of Katha (page 157)\n4. The Art of Manas-Katha (page 165)\n	The Economics of Katha (page 165)\n	Qualifications of a Performer (page 170)\n	Performance Structure and Techniques (page 182)\n	Katha in Context: The Contemporary Performance Milieu (page 192)\n	The Performer and the Text (page 209)\n	The Nature of Katha: A Cross-Cultural Perspective (page 231)\n	The Palace of Mirrors (page 243)\n5. Words Made Flesh: The Text Enacted (page 248)\n	The Ramlila Tradition (page 248)\n	The \"Sport\" of Kings: Evolution of the Banaras Ramlila (page 254)\n	Three Contemporary Productions (page 267)\n	Ramlila and Devotional Practice (page 308)\n	The Ultimate Commentary (page 329)\n6. The Text in a Changing Society (page 340)\n	The Paradoxical Paradigm (page 340)\n	The Rise of the Eternal Religion (page 360)\n	The Politics of Ramraj (page 371)\n	Cracks in the Mirror (page 392)\n	People of the Book (page 409)\n	The Future of Manas Performance (page 426)\nGlossary of Names with Transliteration (page 441)\nBiblography (page 449)\nIndex (page 461)