Dance Matters: Performing India on Local and Global Stages

Synopsis

This volume presents a multidisciplinary perspective on dance scholarship and practice as they have evolved in India and its diaspora, outlining how dance histories have been written and re-written, how aesthetic and pedagogical conventions have changed and are changing, and how politico-economic shifts have shaped Indian dance and its negotiation with modernity.. Written by eminent and emergent scholars and practitioners of Indian dance, the articles make dance a foundational socio-cultural and aesthetic phenomena that reflects and impacts upon various cultural intercourses -- from art and architecture to popular culture, and social justice issues. They also highlight the interplay of various frameworks: global, national, and local/indigenous for studying these diverse performance contexts, using dance as a critical lens to analyse current debates on nationalism, transnationalism, gender and sexuality, and postcolonial politics. At the performace level, some articles question the accepted divisions of Indian dance (‘classical’, ‘folk’, and ‘popular’) and critique the dominant values associated with classical dance forms. Finally, the book brings together both experiential and objective dimensions of bodily knowledge through dance.

Copyright:

2010

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

Book Size:

312 Pages

ISBN-13:

9781136516122

Related ISBNs:

9780203150450, 9780415553759, 9780367176525

Publisher:

Taylor and Francis

Date of Addition:

06/14/23

Copyrighted By:

Pallabi Chakravorty, Nilanjana Gupta

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

Entertainment, Nonfiction, Art and Architecture, Social Studies

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Usage Restrictions:

This is a copyrighted book.

Edited by:

Pallabi Chakravorty

Edited by:

Nilanjana Gupta