Impersonations : the artifice of Brahmin masculinity in South Indian dance /

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"Impersonations: The Artifice of Brahmin Masculinity in South Indian Dance centers on an insular community of Smarta Brahmin men from the Kuchipudi village in Telugu-speaking South India who are required to don stri-vesam (woman's guise) and impersonate female characters from Hindu religio...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kamath, Harshita Mruthinti, 1982- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2019]
Temas:
Brahmans > India, South > Social life and customs.
Gender identity in dance > India, South.
Female impersonators > India, South > Social life and customs.
Kuchipudi (Dance) > Social aspects > India, South.
Brahmanes > Inde (Sud) > Mœurs et coutumes.
Identité de genre dans la danse > Inde (Sud)
Acteurs travestis > Inde (Sud) > Mœurs et coutumes.
Kuchipudi > Aspect social > Inde (Sud)
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > General.
Brahmans > Social life and customs
Gender identity in dance
South India
20th century.
brahmin to non brahmin.
female characters.
gender performance.
hindu religious narratives.
impersonation.
kuchipudi village.
localized village performance.
male body.
masculinity.
men.
practice of impersonation.
smarta brahmin.
south india.
stage.
stri vesham.
telugu.
transnational indian dance form.
village to urban.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Occupying center stage : impersonation and the classicization of Kuchipudi
  • "I am Satyabhama" : constructing hegemonic brahmin masculinity in the Kuchipudi village
  • Constructing artifice, interrogating impersonation : Madhavi as vidūṣaka in village Bhamakalapam performance
  • Bhamakalapam beyond the village : transgressing norms of gender and sexuality in urban and transnational Kuchipudi dance
  • Longing to dance : stories of Kuchipudi brahmin women.

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