Performers and Their Arts

Introduction Part I: Caste, Community and performance

1. A ritual performance of Kerala, Vayala Vasudevan Pillai





2. The Patuas of Bengal, Makbul Islam





3. Bards and goddesses: The Pombalas in Tirupati, Anand Akundy





4. Explorations in the art forms of the Cindu madigas in Andhra, Y A Sudhakar Reddy and R R Harischandra





5. Caste identity and performance in a fisher-village of Assam, Kishore Bhattach...