Indian Modern Dance, Feminism and Transnationalism [electronic resource] /
Purkayastha, Prarthana.author.
This book examines modern dance as a form of embodied resistance to political and cultural nationalism in India through the works of five selected modern dance makers: Rabindranath Tagore, Uday Shankar, Shanti Bardhan, Manjusri Chaki Sircar and Ranjabati Sircar.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Series Editors' Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Rabindranath Tagore and Eclecticism in Twentieth-Century Indian Dance; 2 Uday Shankar and the Performance of Alterity in Indian Dance; 3 Shanti Bardhan and Dance as Protest; 4 Manjusri Chaki Sircar and Feminist New Dance; 5 Ranjabati Sircar and the Politics of Identity in Indian Dance; 6 Conclusions; Notes; References; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This book examines modern dance as a form of embodied resistance to political and cultural nationalism in India through the works of five selected modern dance makers: Rabindranath Tagore, Uday Shankar, Shanti Bardhan, Manjusri Chaki Sircar and Ranjabati Sircar.
Dance.
Performing arts.
Arts.
Feminist theory.
Dance.
Performing Arts.
Arts.
Feminism.