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Illicit worlds of Indian dance : cultures of exclusion /

Until the 1930s no woman could perform in public and retain respectability in India. Professional female performers were courtesans and dancing girls who lived beyond the confines of marriage, but were often powerful figures in social and cultural life. In her study, Anna Morcom investigates the eme...

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Main Author: Morcom, Anna (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 2014.
Subjects:
Dance > Social aspects > India.
Dance > India > Psychological aspects.
Women dancers > India > Social conditions.
Transgender people > India > Social conditions.
Marginality, Social > India.
India > Social conditions.
Danse > Aspect social > Inde.
Danse > Inde > Aspect psychologique.
Danseuses > Inde > Conditions sociales.
Transgenres > Inde > Conditions sociales.
Inde > Conditions sociales.
Dance > Psychological aspects
Dance > Social aspects
Marginality, Social
Social conditions
India
Music, Dance, Drama & Film.
Dance.
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Call Number: GV1693 .M67 2014
 
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