Moving bodies, navigating conflict : practicing bharata natyam in Colombo, Sri Lanka / Ahalya Satkun...
Moving bodies, navigating conflict : practicing bharata natyam in Colombo, Sri Lanka / Ahalya Satkun...
Moving bodies, navigating conflict : practicing bharata natyam in Colombo, Sri Lanka / Ahalya Satkunaratnam.
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Publisher
Middletown, Connecticut : Wesleyan University Press, [2020]
Call Numbers
G 2020/2510
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Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
x, 171 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Introduction: Maneuvering identity, shifting nations -- Meaning making : bharata natyam as a transnational practice in translation -- Public aesthetics, public education : the role of the state in art education -- Staging war : choreographic strategies during war -- Shakthi superstar : in search of...
Publication information
Publisher
Middletown, Connecticut : Wesleyan University Press, [2020]
Place of Publication
Connecticut
Date Published
[2020]
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Scope and Contents
Summary
"Moving Bodies, Navigating Conflict is a performance-ethnographic examination of the ways in which dance embodies the physical, emotional, and social landscapes of Sri Lanka's civil war between the Sri Lankan government and the rebel separatists, the Tamil Tigers"-- Provided by publisher.
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Full title
Moving bodies, navigating conflict : practicing bharata natyam in Colombo, Sri Lanka / Ahalya Satkunaratnam.
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Notes
General note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Call Numbers
G 2020/2510
Record Identifier
74VKaPxJJM43
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKaPxJJM43
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ISBN
9780819578891 hardcover
0819578894
9780819578907 paperback
0819578908
DDC
793.3195493
MMS ID
991024315901502626
