Maya, Tradition and Modernity in Shaji Karun's 'Vanaprastham'

Title
Maya, Tradition and Modernity in Shaji Karun's 'Vanaprastham'
Publication Date
2010
Author(s)
Marsh, Julie
Type of document
Journal Article
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Australian Folklore Association, Inc
Place of publication
Australia
UNE publication id
une:7728
Abstract
The 1999 Indian/French film, 'Vaanaprastham' ('The Last Dancer'), reflects the changing world of a South Indian community by depicting life episodes of a Kathakali dancer. Still engaged with traditional social mores and mythologies, the community struggles to absorb influences of modernity - altered expectations of the individual and of gender and caste relations. The story is mediated through the foundational philosophy of maya: that appearances are illusory.
Link
link
Citation
Australian Folklore, v.25, p. 67-77
ISSN
0819-0852
Start page
67
End page
77

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