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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...

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Cote:Libro Electrónico
Autres auteurs: Kamath, Harshita Mruthinti, 1982- (Éditeur intellectuel), Lothspeich, Pamela (Éditeur intellectuel)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, [2023]
Collection:Music and performing arts of Asia and the Pacific.
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Table des matières:
  • 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.