TY - JOUR
KW - India (IN)
AU - Leah Lowthorp
AB - Kutiyattam Sanskrit theater of Kerala state was recognized as India s first UNESCO Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity in 2001. Looking back a decade later, how has UNESCO recognition impacted both the art and the lives of its artists? Based upon two years of ethnographic research from 2008-10 among Kutiyattam artists in Kerala, India, this essay follows the art s postrecognition trajectory through its increasing mediatization, institutionalization, and liberalization. Drawing on extended interviews with over fifty Kutiyattam actors, actresses, and drummers, it focuses on reclaiming the voices of affected artists on the ground.
BT - Journal of Folklore Research
DA - dec
DO - 10.2979/jfolkrese.52.2-3.157
LA - English
M1 - 2-3
N1 - Publisher: Indiana University
N2 - Kutiyattam Sanskrit theater of Kerala state was recognized as India s first UNESCO Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity in 2001. Looking back a decade later, how has UNESCO recognition impacted both the art and the lives of its artists? Based upon two years of ethnographic research from 2008-10 among Kutiyattam artists in Kerala, India, this essay follows the art s postrecognition trajectory through its increasing mediatization, institutionalization, and liberalization. Drawing on extended interviews with over fifty Kutiyattam actors, actresses, and drummers, it focuses on reclaiming the voices of affected artists on the ground.
PY - 2015
SP - 157
EP - 180
T2 - Journal of Folklore Research
TI - Voices on the ground: : Kutiyattam, unesco, and the heritage of humanity
UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84938823341&doi=10.2979%2fjfolkrese.52.2-3.157&partnerID=40&md5=22fd4a5bcd6e68de9ca6e38d4a9ad77d
VL - 52
SN - 07377037 (ISSN)
ER -