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Record Nr.

UNINA9910827653503321

Autore

Walker Margaret E.

Titolo

India's kathak dance in historical perspective / / Margaret E. Walker

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Farnham, England : , : Ashgate, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-315-58832-3

1-317-11737-9

1-317-11736-0

1-4094-4951-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (174 p.)

Collana

SOAS Musicology Series

Disciplina

793.31954

Soggetti

Kathak (Dance) - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; List of Figures and Maps; Preface; Acknowledgements; A Note on Citations, Diacriticals and Italics; 1 Kathak Dance Today; 2 Colonialism and Nationalism; 3 The Kathaks; 4 In Search of an Ancient Kathak; 5 Voices from the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries; 6 Hereditary Performing Communities in North India; 7 More Hereditary Performers: The Women; 8 Nationalism and Revival: The Dance of the Kathaks; 9 Classicization and Curriculum: Kathak Dance; 10 Conclusion: A History of Kathak; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Through an analysis both broad and deep of primary and secondary sources, ethnography, iconography and current performance practice, this enquiry undertakes a critical approach to the history of kathak dance and presents new data about hereditary performing artists, gendered contexts and practices, and postcolonial cultural reclamation. The account that emerges places kathak and the Kathaks firmly into the living context of North Indian performing arts.