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Indian modern dance, feminism and transnationalism

Title
  1. Indian modern dance, feminism and transnationalism / Prarthana Purkayastha.
Published by
  1. Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
Author
  1. Purkayastha, Prarthana

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Description
  1. xiv, 216 pages : illustrations; 23 cm.
Summary
  1. "Indian Modern Dance, Feminism and Transnationalism examines modern dance in India as it emerged simultaneously and in parallel with European and North American modernism in the twentieth century. Through rare archival photographs and interviews with artists, this volume charts the travels and movements over a hundred-year period (1900-2000) of five Indian artists - Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941), Uday Shankar (1900-1977), Shanti Bardhan (1916-1954), Manjusri Chaki-Sircar (1934-2000) and Ranjabati Sircar (1963-1999) - across and beyond national and international borders. The volume draws attention to how these transnational journeys significantly impacted on the artists' experimental and political dances and how a clearly feminist consciousness was developed through the dancing body. This book celebrates the revolutionary nature and transformative potential of modern dance within an Indian context."--
Series statement
  1. New world choreographies
Subject
  1. Dance > India
  2. Modern dance > India
  3. Feminism and dance
  4. PERFORMING ARTS > Dance > General
Contents
  1. Introduction -- 1. Rabindranath Tagore and Eclecticism in Twentieth Century Indian Dance -- 2. Uday Shankar and the Performance of Alterity in Indian Dance -- 3. Shanti Bardhan and Dance as Protest -- 4. Manjusri Chaki Sircar and Feminist New Dance -- 5. Ranjabati Sircar and the Politics of Identity in Indian Dance -- Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- Index.
Call number
  1. *MGS (Indian) 14-9366
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 192-205) and index.
Author
  1. Purkayastha, Prarthana, author.
Title
  1. Indian modern dance, feminism and transnationalism / Prarthana Purkayastha.
Publisher
  1. Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
Type of content
  1. text
Type of medium
  1. unmediated
Type of carrier
  1. volume
Series
  1. New world choreographies
Bibliography
  1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 192-205) and index.
LCCN
  1. 2014021125
ISBN
  1. 9781137375162 (hardback)
  2. 1137375167 (hardback)
Research call number
  1. *MGS (Indian) 14-9366
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