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Illicit Worlds of Indian Dance: Cultures of Exclusion
Anna Morcom
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Hardback. A modern history of India's female and transgender dancers and the forces of in- clusion/exclusion that have shaped Indian performing arts. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; ASDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 162 x 24. Weight in Grams: 576.
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. Women's roles were often also taken by boys and men, some of whom were simply female impersonators, others transgender. Since the late nineteenth century the status, livelihood and identity of these performers have all diminished, with the result that many of them have become involved in sexual transactions and sexualised performances. Meanwhile, upper-class, upper-caste women have taken control of the ... Read more
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. Women's roles were often also taken by boys and men, some of whom were simply female impersonators, others transgender. Since the late nineteenth century the status, livelihood and identity of these performers have all diminished, with the result that many of them have become involved in sexual transactions and sexualised performances. Meanwhile, upper-class, upper-caste women have taken control of the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781849042789
SKU
V9781849042789
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Ref
99-50
About Anna Morcom
Anna Morcom works on music and dance in India and Tibet from a number of perspectives pertaining to modernity and the contemporary world. Her publications include Hindi Film Songs and the Cinema and Unity and Discord: Music and Politics in Contemporary Tibet. She is a lecturer in the Music Department at Royal Holloway, University of London.
Reviews for Illicit Worlds of Indian Dance: Cultures of Exclusion
'Anna Morcom's extraordinarily compelling book represents one of the most significant interventions in the study of dance in contemporary South Asia. Masterfully bridging discourses on class, gender, globalization, economics, morality, and aesthetics, it effectively foregrounds the forms of inequality and power at work in the production, consumption, and politicization of dance in today's India.' - Davesh Soneji, McGill ... Read more