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India's Kathak dance in historical perspective /

Through an analysis both broad and deep of primary and secondary sources, ethnography, iconography and current performance practice, this enquiry undertakes a critical approach to the history of kathak dance and presents new data about hereditary performing artists, gendered contexts and practices,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Walker, Margaret E. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Farnham : Ashgate Publishing Limited, [2014].
Colección:SOAS musicology series.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Kathak dance today
  • Colonialism and nationalism
  • The Kathaks
  • In search of an ancient Kathak
  • Voices from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries
  • Hereditary performing communities in North India
  • More hereditary performers: The women
  • Nationalism and revival: The dance of the Kathaks
  • Classicization and curriculum: Kathak dance
  • Conclusion: A history of Kathak
  • Bibliography
  • Index.