The Challenges of the 20th and 21st Centuries

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Chapter 12 The Challenges of the 20th and 21st Centuries

In: Attentive Minds: A History of the Indian Performative Art of AvadhÄna from the Origin to Modern Times

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DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004687622_014

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The last chapter reconstructs the reasons that led to the crisis of avadhÄna in the first half of the 20^th century. The author hypothesizes that the main cause of such a state of affairs was the changes in the modes of patronage that forced practitioners to search for financial gratification outside the courts and perform in public, often in front of uneducated spectators who accused the avadhÄnÄ«s of fraud or use of black magic. The chapter also elaborates on the other factors that contributed to the critique of the art, such as the arguments between the practitioners or the questioning of the quality of poetry created in the course of literary avadhÄnas. Then, the author describes the revival of the art, the influence of technology and media on the transformation of avadhÄna, and the process of its commercialization. A separate sub-chapter focuses on the organization of a performance and challenges faced by the organizers. The chapter ends with an analysis of the prospects of avadhÄna and possible development routes.

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Attentive Minds: A History of the Indian Performative Art of AvadhÄna from the Origin to Modern Times

Series:Â Brill's Indological Library, Volume: 58

E-Book ISBN:: 9789004687622

Publisher:: Brill

Print Publication Date:: 13 Dec 2023

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Part 1 Towards the AvadhÄna

Part 2 The Great (Systematized) Improvisation

Part 3 Voices from the Stones and Scriptures

Part 4 Figures on the Stage

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