Lecture: Sita and Surpanakha

  • March 28, 2017
  • 6:00 PM CST
  • Loyola University Museum of Art
  • luma@luc.edu, 312.915.7600
  • Free to the Public
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     Open to the public.
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    Tholu Bommalata, a shadow puppet custom of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, is similar to Wayang for both act as forms of education and entertainment. In this talk Loyola Art History Professor Sarita Heer will be contextualizing Indian womanhood in other forms of Indian visual culture to demonstrate how the Sita and Surpanakha puppets of a Tholu Bommalata Ramayan educate women on correct conduct.