04468 am 22008053u 450 991032815280332120221206181533.00-520-30166-810.1525/9780520972230(OCoLC)1055264302(CKB)4100000008496769(DE-B1597)539937(OCoLC)1083701605(DE-B1597)9780520972230(ScCtBLL)e8c0cf19-1a68-42e4-b652-8a618b467c3fEBL6984274(AU-PeEL)EBL6984274(EXLCZ)99410000000849676920200406h20192019 fg engurm|#---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierImpersonations The Artifice of Brahmin Masculinity in South Indian Dance /Harshita Mruthinti KamathBerkeley, CA : University of California Press, [2019]©20191 online resource (xv, 225 pages) illustrations; PDF, digital file(s)Description based upon print version of record.Print version: 9780520301665 Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Transliteration -- Introduction -- 1. Taking Center Stage: The Poet-Saint and the Impersonator of Kuchipudi Dance History -- 2. "I am Satyabhama": Constructing Hegemonic Brahmin Masculinity in the Kuchipudi Village -- 3. Constructing Artifice, Interrogating Impersonation: Madhavi as Vidūṣaka in Village Bhāmākalāpam Performance -- 4. Bhāmākalāpam beyond the Village: Transgressing Norms of Gender and Sexuality in Urban and Transnational Kuchipudi Dance -- 5. Longing to Dance: Stories of Kuchipudi Brahmin Women -- Conclusion: Rewriting the Script for Kuchipudi Dance -- Notes -- Bibliography -- IndexLearn more at www.luminosoa.org.Impersonations: The Artifice of Brahmin Masculinity in South Indian Dance centers on an insular community of Smarta Brahmin men from the Kuchipudi village in Telugu-speaking South India who are required to don stri-vesam (woman's guise) and impersonate female characters from Hindu religious narratives. Impersonation is not simply a gender performance circumscribed to the Kuchipudi stage, but a practice of power that enables the construction of hegemonic Brahmin masculinity in everyday village life. However, the power of the Brahmin male body in stri-vesam is highly contingent, particularly on account of the expansion of Kuchipudi in the latter half of the twentieth century from a localized village performance to a transnational Indian dance form. This book analyzes the practice of impersonation across a series of boundaries-village to urban, Brahmin to non-Brahmin, hegemonic to non-normative-to explore the artifice of Brahmin masculinity in contemporary South Indian dance. BrahmansIndia, SouthSocial life and customsFemale impersonatorsIndia, SouthSocial life and customsGender identity in danceIndia, SouthKuchipudi (Dance)Social aspectsIndia, SouthSOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Generalbisacsh20th century.brahmin to non brahmin.female characters.gender performance.hindu religious narratives.impersonation.kuchipudi village.localized village performance.male body.masculinity.men.practice of impersonation.smarta brahmin.south india.stage.stri vesham.telugu.transnational indian dance form.village to urban.BrahmansSocial life and customs.Female impersonatorsSocial life and customs.Gender identity in danceKuchipudi (Dance)Social aspectsSOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General.306.4/846081109548Kamath Harshita Mruthinti, authttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut894945DE-B1597DE-B1597BOOK9910328152803321Impersonations1999523UNINA