Indian Classical Dance and the Making of Postcolonial National Identities: Dancing on Empire's Stage

ISBN-13: 9780367885410 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 192 str.

Sitara Thobani

Opis

Previous studies have analysed Indian classical dance as an expression of Indian religious and nationalist culture, examining the art form solely in the context of Indian history and culture. In investigating performances of Indian classical dance in the UK it is possible to argue that classical Indian dance has become a key aspect of the mutual

Spis treści

1. Setting the Scene: Theorising Indian Dance in Post/Coloniality

2. Keeping Time: Constructions and Performances of Historical Narrative

3. Covering Space: Mobility, Transnationalism, Ethnicity

4. Playing Roles: Postcolonial Performances of Gender

5. Marking the Stage: Finding the Religious, Spiritual and Secular in Indian Classical Dance

6. Conclusion

O autorze

Sitara Thobani received her PhD in Cultural Anthropology from the University of Oxford, UK. She has lectured at Simon Fraser University, Canada, and at the University of British Columbia, Canada