Deep Cosmopolitanism
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Deep Cosmopolitanism

Kutiyattam, Dynamic Tradition, and Globalizing Heritage in Kerala, India

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Deep Cosmopolitanism

Kutiyattam, Dynamic Tradition, and Globalizing Heritage in Kerala, India

About this book

Deep Cosmopolitanism explores the extraordinary past and present of Kutiyattam Sanskrit theater, the world's oldest continuously performed theater. Recognized as India's first UNESCO intangible cultural heritage of humanity, the matrilineal temple art of Kutiyattam has been performed by men and women in Kerala, India, since the tenth century C.E.

Deep Cosmopolitanism illustrates how Kutiyattam Sanskrit theater has encountered multiple forms of cosmopolitanism over the course of its thousand-year history. Exploring how Kutiyattam artists create meaning out of their deep past through everyday narratives and reflections, author Leah Lowthorp traces the art's cosmopolitan encounters over time, from the premodern Sanskrit cosmopolis to Muslim sultans, British colonialists, Communist politics, and UNESCO intangible cultural heritage. In so doing, Lowthorp fundamentally rethinks the notion of cosmopolitanism from a non-Western perspective with premodern roots and offers a critique of the colonialist undertones of how international heritage organizations like UNESCO conceptualize peoples and traditions around the world.

Diving into an ethnographic exploration that considers Kutiyattam's multiple cosmopolitanisms over a period of one thousand years, Deep Cosmopolitanism offers a model for decolonizing modernity and challenges us to rethink what it means to be cosmopolitan, traditional, and modern in the world today.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-Title Page
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. Acknowledgments
  8. Note on Transliteration
  9. List of Illustrations
  10. List of Abbreviations
  11. Introduction
  12. Chapter 1. Getting into the Kutiyattam Body
  13. Chapter 2. Contemporary Kutiyattam
  14. Chapter 3. The Sanskrit Cosmopolis and Embodied Cosmopolitanism
  15. Chapter 4. Kings, Sultans, and Colonialists: Legendary Circulation and Encounters with the Other
  16. Chapter 5. Kerala, Communism, and Heritage: Reinventing Tradition at Kerala Kalamandalam
  17. Chapter 6. Claiming a Cosmopolis: Sanskritic Culture and Indian National Heritage
  18. Chapter 7. Kutiyattam as UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage: Politics, Aftermath, and Community Perspectives
  19. Epilogue
  20. Glossary
  21. Bibliography
  22. Index
  23. About the Author
  24. About the Book