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Indian classical dance and the making of postcolonial national identities : dancing on empire's stage

Title
Indian classical dance and the making of postcolonial national identities : dancing on empire's stage / Sitara Thobani.
Author
Thobani, Sitara, 1985-
Publication
  • Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, [2017]
  • ©2017

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x, 192 pages; 25 cm
Summary
Previous studies have analysed Indian classical dance as an expression of Indian religious and nationalist culture, examining the art form solely in the context of Indian history and culture. In investigating performances of Indian classical dance in the UK it is possible to argue that classical Indian dance has become a key aspect of the mutual constitution of not only postcolonial Indian and South Asia diasporic identities, but also of British multicultural and transnational identity. Indian Classical Dance and the Making of Postcolonial National Identities explores what happens when national cultural production is reproduced outside the immediate social, political and cultural context of its construction. The chapters in this volume addresses the questions: * What is the relation between the contemporary performance of Indian classical dance and the constitution of national, diasporic and multicultural identity? * Where/how does Indian dance derive its productive power in the postcolonial moment? * How do diasporic and nationalist representations of Indian culture intersect with depictions of British culture and politics? Based on an extensive ethnographic study of performances of Indian classical dance in the UK, this book should be of interest to scholars of anthropology, sociology, South Asian studies, Postcolonial, Transnational and Cultural studies and Theatre and Performance studies.
Series Statement
Routledge studies in anthropology ; 35
Uniform Title
Routledge studies in anthropology ; 35.
Subject
  • East Indians > Great Britain > Ethnic identity
  • Dance and transnationalism > Great Britain
  • Dance > Social aspects > Great Britain
  • Dance > India
  • Dance
  • Great Britain > Ethnic relations
  • India > Emigration and immigration
  • India
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Call Number
*MGS (Hindu) 17-1920
ISBN
  • 9781138229983
  • 1138229989
OCLC
972088687
Author
Thobani, Sitara, 1985-
Title
Indian classical dance and the making of postcolonial national identities : dancing on empire's stage / Sitara Thobani.
Publisher
Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, [2017]
Copyright Date
©2017
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
Routledge studies in anthropology ; 35
Routledge studies in anthropology ; 35.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Research Call Number
*MGS (Hindu) 17-1920
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