Indian dance

Indigenous dance and dancing Indian: contested representation in the global era

by Krystal, Matthew

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"Focusing on the enactment of identity in dance, Indigenous Dance and Dancing Indian is a cross-cultural, cross-ethnic, and cross-national comparison of indigenous dance practices Considering four genres of dance in which indigenous people are represented--K'iche Maya tradition…

Indigenous dance and dancing Indian: contested representation in the global era

by Krystal, Matthew

0 Type: Book

"Focusing on the enactment of identity in dance, Indigenous Dance and Dancing Indian is a cross-cultural, cross-ethnic, and cross-national comparison of indigenous dance practices Considering four genres of dance in which indigenous people are represented--K'iche Maya tradition…

This study examines when, by whom, and how a traditionally Hindu storytelling dance form can and does cross religious boundaries. The classical Indian dance form of Bharata Natyam traverses conventional religious demarcations through the pluralistic identities of dancer and audi…