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Tradition and transformation in Mohiniyattam dance : an ethnographic history
- Title
- Tradition and transformation in Mohiniyattam dance : an ethnographic history / Justine Lemos.
- Author
- Lemos, Justine
- Publication
- Lanham : Lexington Books, [2022]
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Details
- Description
- xv, 133 pages : illustrations (black and white); 24 cm
- Summary
- "Mohiniyattam dance is a semeiotic system replete with controversy, embodied gender ideals, and cultural information. Tradition and Transformation in Mohiniyattam Dance: An Ethnographic History examines the emergence of Mohiniyattam dance in relation to its historical and cultural context with a particular focus on the semiotics of femininity"--
- Subject
- Mohiniyattom (Dance) > India > Kerala
- Dance > Anthropological aspects > India > Kerala
- Dance > Semiotics > India > Kerala
- Dance > Religious aspects > Hinduism
- Femininity > Religious aspects > Hinduism
- Dance > Anthropological aspects
- Dance > Semiotics
- Mohiniyattom (Dance)
- Femininities
- Gender expression
- Dance
- Femininity
- India > Kerala
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 117-127) and index.
- Contents
- Dancing decadence : Mohiniyattam stigmatization and Sambandham reform -- Re-formed movements : Mohiniyattam stigmatization and devadasi outlaw -- Heart-throbbing aattam : the vocabulary and context of 19th century Mohiniyattam -- The lasya complex.
- Call Number
- *MGS (Hindu) 22-5013
- ISBN
- 9781793650719
- 1793650713
- LCCN
- 2022020252
- 40031235984
- OCLC
- 1328019675
- Author
- Lemos, Justine, author.
- Title
- Tradition and transformation in Mohiniyattam dance : an ethnographic history / Justine Lemos.
- Publisher
- Lanham : Lexington Books, [2022]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 117-127) and index.
- Other Form:
- Online version: Lemos, Justine. Tradition and transformation in Mohiniyattam dance Lanham : Lexington Books, [2022] 9781793650726 (DLC) 2022020253
- Other Standard Identifier
- 40031235984
- Research Call Number
- *MGS (Hindu) 22-5013