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Mimetic desires : impersonation and guising across South Asia /
"Through an exploration of subjects such as Gandhi impersonators, "God-men," performance artists, and participants in ritual enactments of sacred stories through dance and theatre, Mimetic Desires makes an intervention toward understanding the phenomenon of impersonation and guising i...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Other Authors: | , |
| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Honolulu :
University of Hawaiʻi Press,
[2023]
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| Series: | Music and performing arts of Asia and the Pacific.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Public Impersonators: Gender, Caste, and Social Ontology in the Marathi Vernacular Moment / Christian Lee Novetzke
- Racial Impressions, Capital Characters: Dave Carson Brownfaces the Empire / Kellen Hoxworth
- Remembering the Hunterwali's Whip: The Ghosts of Fearless Nadia and Her Many Guises / Rosie Thomas
- In Gandhi's Guise / Chaya Chandrasekhar, Janice Glowski, and Sumathi Ramaswamy
- Playing the Yogi: The Making of Swami Baba Ramdev / Shehzad Nadeem
- The Freedom to Dance: Performance and Impersonation in Lagan / Aniruddha Dutta
- Mediatizing "Fake" Khwaja Siras: The Limits of Impersonation / Claire Pamment
- "We Are Better than the Women": Understanding the Popularity of Female Artists in Kerala / Shilpa Menon
- Cosplay, Fandom, and the Fashioning of Identities at Comic Con India / Sailaja Krishnamurti
- Possessed Impersonation: Divine Mimesis in Malabar / Rich Freeman
- Divine Embodiment in the Theatre of Ramlila / Pamela Lothspeich
- Resisting Brahminical Patriarchy in Kuchipudi Dance: The Story of Haleem Khan / Harshita Mruthinti Kamath.