Unfinished gestures : devadāsīs, memory, and modernity in South India /

'Unfinished Gestures' presents the social and cultural history of courtesans in South India, focusing on their encounters with colonial modernity in the 19th and early 20th centuries.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Soneji, Devesh
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, ©2012.
Colección:South Asia across the disciplines.
Temas:
Devadāsīs > India, South.
Devadāsīs > India, South > Social conditions.
Dance > Social aspects > India, South.
Prostitution > India, South.
Social change > India, South.
Devadāsī > Inde (Sud)
Devadāsī > Inde (Sud) > Conditions sociales.
Danse > Aspect social > Inde (Sud)
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology of Religion.
Dance > Social aspects
Devadāsīs
Devadāsīs > Social conditions
Prostitution
Social change
Devadāsī
Muziek.
Devadasis.
Sociale aspecten.
South India
Indien > Süd
Zuid-India.
Indien (Süd)
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:'Unfinished Gestures' presents the social and cultural history of courtesans in South India, focusing on their encounters with colonial modernity in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xiii, 313 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780226768113
0226768112
1283321599
9781283321594

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