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A groundbreaking book that seeks to understand dance as labor, Sweating Saris examines dancers not just as aesthetic bodies but as transnational migrant workers and wage earners who negotiate citizenship and gender issues. Srinivasan merges ethnography, history, critical race theory, performance and...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Srinivasan, Priya, 1972-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : Temple University Press, ©2012.
Temas:
Dance > Social aspects > India.
Dance > Social aspects > United States.
Women dancers > India > Social conditions.
Women dancers > United States > Social conditions.
Bharata natyam > Social aspects > United States.
Foreign workers, East Indian > United States > Social conditions.
East Indians > United States > Ethnic identity.
Danse > Aspect social > Inde.
Danse > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Danseuses > Inde > Conditions sociales.
Danseuses > États-Unis > Conditions sociales.
Bhārata-nāṭya > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Travailleurs étrangers de l'Inde > États-Unis > Conditions sociales.
PERFORMING ARTS > Dance > Folk.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Hobbies and Games.
Bharata natyam > Social aspects
Dance > Social aspects
East Indians > Ethnic identity
Dans > kläder > Indien.
Dansare > indiskor > levnadsförhållanden > Förenta staterna.
Etnicitet > identitet.
Dancing > clothing > India.
Dancers > Indian women > living conditions > United States.
Ethnicity > identity.
Dans > sociala aspekter.
Kvinnliga dansare.
Bharata Natyam.
Kvinnliga gästarbetare.
India
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:A groundbreaking book that seeks to understand dance as labor, Sweating Saris examines dancers not just as aesthetic bodies but as transnational migrant workers and wage earners who negotiate citizenship and gender issues. Srinivasan merges ethnography, history, critical race theory, performance and post-colonial studies among other disciplines to investigate the embodied experience of Indian dance. The dancers' sweat stained and soaked saris, the aching limbs are emblematic of global circulations of labor, bodies, capital, and industrial goods. Thus the sweating sari of th.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xvi, 221 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-211) and index.
ISBN:9781439904312
1439904316
9786613333865
6613333867

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