Mapping Critical Dance Studies in India
This book provides a critical understanding of dance studies in India, bringing together various embodied practices identified loosely as dance. It suggests an alternative reading of the history of patronage, policies, and institutionalized understanding of categories such as classical, folk, modern...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Singapore
Springer Nature Singapore
2024, 2024
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2024 |
| Series: | Performance Studies & Cultural Discourse in South Asia
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction: All that is Dance
- Bodies that Dance: Critical Frames of Reference
- Understanding Categorisation: The ‘Tribal’ ‘Folk’, and the ‘Classical’ Dance Forms
- Patriarchy and the [In]Visible Line of Control: Power Structures and Space Making
- The Modern and the Contemporary in the Context of Dance in India
- To be continued: Thoughts on Dance as Response, Responsibility and Resistance
- Thoughts on Purpose and Criticality