TY - JOUR
KW - Classical
KW - Kerala
KW - UNESCO
KW - cultural politics
KW - folk
KW - intangible heritage
KW - nation-building
KW - theatre
AU - Leah Lowthorp
AB - In recent decades, scholars of South Asian folklore have increasingly engaged the politics of folklore, interrogating its role in a number of political agendas, but less has been written about the connection within South Asian folklore studies. This study makes a national and global intervention in the relationship between folklore and the state in South Asia. Through the lens of Kutiyattam Sanskrit theatre of Kerala state, it considers the role of expressive culture in both internal and external nation-building in postcolonial India. In so doing, the study traces state heritage discourse and practice over a 60-year period, exploring the production and reproduction of the Indian state’s role as arts patron and cultural educator, as well as a sustained state-level promotion of artistic continuity through creative adaptation and change.
BT - South Asian History and Culture
DO - 10.1080/19472498.2017.1371513
LA - English
M1 - 4
N1 - Publisher: Routledge
N2 - In recent decades, scholars of South Asian folklore have increasingly engaged the politics of folklore, interrogating its role in a number of political agendas, but less has been written about the connection within South Asian folklore studies. This study makes a national and global intervention in the relationship between folklore and the state in South Asia. Through the lens of Kutiyattam Sanskrit theatre of Kerala state, it considers the role of expressive culture in both internal and external nation-building in postcolonial India. In so doing, the study traces state heritage discourse and practice over a 60-year period, exploring the production and reproduction of the Indian state’s role as arts patron and cultural educator, as well as a sustained state-level promotion of artistic continuity through creative adaptation and change.
PY - 2017
SP - 542
EP - 559
T2 - South Asian History and Culture
TI - Folklore, politics, and the state: Kutiyattam theatre and national/global heritage in India
UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85029898761&doi=10.1080%2f19472498.2017.1371513&partnerID=40&md5=c01a1504eabc0873e517c01e90c248df
VL - 8
SN - 19472498 (ISSN)
ER -