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Impersonations : the artifice of Brahmin masculinity in south Indian dance /

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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 characters from Hindu religious nar...

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Main Author: Kamath, Harshita Mruthinti, 1982- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, [2019]
Subjects:
Brahmans > India, South > Social life and customs.
Gender identity in dance > India, South.
Female impersonators > India, South > Social life and customs.
Kuchipudi (Dance) > Social aspects > India, South.
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