Impersonations The Artifice of Brahmin Masculinity in South Indian Dance

Learn more at www.luminosoa.org.Impersonations: The Artifice of Brahmin Masculinity in South Indian Dance centers on an insular community of Smarta Brahmin men from the Kuchipudi village in Telugu-speaking South India who are required to don stri-vesam (woman's guise) and impersonate female cha...

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Autor principal:	Kamath, Harshita Mruthinti, author (author)
Formato:	Libro electrónico
Idioma:	Inglés
Publicado:	Oakland University of California Press 2019 Berkeley, CA : [2019]
Materias:	Brahmans > India, South > Social life and customs. Female impersonators > India, South > Social life and customs. Gender identity in dance > India, South. Kuchipudi (Dance) > Social aspects > India, South. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General. 20th century. brahmin to non brahmin. female characters. gender performance. hindu religious narratives. impersonation. kuchipudi village. localized village performance. male body. masculinity. men. practice of impersonation. smarta brahmin. south india. stage. stri vesham. telugu. transnational indian dance form. village to urban.
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