Impersonations : The Artifice of Brahmin Masculinity in South Indian Dance

Impersonations The Artifice of Brahmin Masculinity in South Indian Dance

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Learn more at www.luminosoa.org.Impersonations: The Artifice of Brahmin Masculinity in South Indian Dance centers on an insular community of Smarta Brahmin men from the Kuchipudi village in Telugu-speaking South India who are required to don stri-vesam (woman's guise) and impersonate female cha...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Kamath, Harshita Mruthinti, author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oakland University of California Press 2019
Berkeley, CA : [2019]
Materias:
Brahmans > India, South > Social life and customs.
Female impersonators > India, South > Social life and customs.
Gender identity in dance > India, South.
Kuchipudi (Dance) > Social aspects > India, South.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General.
20th century.
brahmin to non brahmin.
female characters.
gender performance.
hindu religious narratives.
impersonation.
kuchipudi village.
localized village performance.
male body.
masculinity.
men.
practice of impersonation.
smarta brahmin.
south india.
stage.
stri vesham.
telugu.
transnational indian dance form.
village to urban.
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009419576106719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Note on Transliteration
  • Introduction
  • 1. Taking Center Stage: The Poet-Saint and the Impersonator of Kuchipudi Dance History
  • 2. "I am Satyabhama": Constructing Hegemonic Brahmin Masculinity in the Kuchipudi Village
  • 3. Constructing Artifice, Interrogating Impersonation: Madhavi as Vidūṣaka in Village Bhāmākalāpam Performance
  • 4. Bhāmākalāpam beyond the Village: Transgressing Norms of Gender and Sexuality in Urban and Transnational Kuchipudi Dance
  • 5. Longing to Dance: Stories of Kuchipudi Brahmin Women
  • Conclusion: Rewriting the Script for Kuchipudi Dance
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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