Moving Bodies, Navigating Conflict: Practicing Bharata Natyam in Colombo, Sri Lanka
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- Synopsis
- Moving Bodies, Navigating Conflict is a groundbreaking ethnographic examination of dance practice in Colombo, Sri Lanka, during the civil war (1983–2009). It is the first book of scholarship on bharata natyam (a classical dance originating in India) in Sri Lanka, and the first on the role of this dance in the country's war. Focusing on women dancers, Ahalya Satkunaratnam shows how they navigated conditions of conflict and a neoliberal, global economy, resisted nationalism and militarism, and advocated for peace. Her interdisciplinary methodology combines historical analysis, methods of dance studies, and dance ethnography.
- Copyright:
- 2020
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- ISBN-13:
- 9780819578914
- Related ISBNs:
- 9780819578891
- Publisher:
- Wesleyan University Press
- Date of Addition:
- 04/22/20
- Copyrighted By:
- Ahalya Satkunaratnam
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- History, Entertainment, Nonfiction, Art and Architecture, Politics and Government
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