Indian women performers in search of an identity Dutt, Bishnupriya. creator Munsi, Urmimala Sarkar. text bibliography ii New Delhi, India Thousand Oaks, Calif SAGE Publications 2010 monographic eng

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xx, 305 p.,[16] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 25 cm. Actresses of the colonial space: English actresses in India (1789-1842) -- Locating a new space and identity: coming of the Indian actresses (1872-1910) -- The people's actress: a journey to modernity -- Actresses in the jatra space -- Natyasastra: emerging (gender) codes and the woman dancer -- The body and the woman dancer: what she is, or what she is expected to be -- Emergence of the contemporary woman dancer: contribution of Tagore, Shankar, and Ipta -- Tale of the professional woman dancer in folk traditions in India: commodification of dance and the traditional dancing women. Bishnupriya Dutt, Urmimala Sarkar Munsi. Includes bibliographical references and index. a-ii--- Women in the theater India Dance Social aspects India Theater and society India Women dancers India 792.028082 DUE 9788132104568 (hbk.) 8132104560 2010023245 DLC 100603 20161228194115.0 5009389 eng