Anoop, Maratt Mythili. <br/><br/>
Scripting Dance in Contemporary India. 

 - 1st ed. 
 - 1 online resource (217 pages) 
<br/><br/>Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I: Representations: Dance/Dancers in Literature -- 1 The Sacred and the Profane -- 2 The Indian Nautch Girl in Early Colonial Travel Writing -- Part II: Histories in Process: Stories of Traditions and Travel -- 3 Unraveling Mohiniyattam's "Outlaw" -- 4 Building a Natya Shastra -- 5 "Thidambu Nritham" -- 6 Araimandi and Arabesque -- Part III: Negotiations: Aesthetics and the Dynamics of Globalization -- 7 Changing Landscape of Dance in South India -- 8 Dancing Narratives -- 9 Working through the "Difficult Whole" -- 10 Picturing Dance -- Part IV: Othered Voices and Bodies -- 11 Listening to "Women of God" -- Index -- About the Editors and Contributors. 
<br/><br/> Scripting Dance in Contemporary India is an edited volume that engages with multiple dance forms of India and their representations. The contributions are eclectic, including writings by both scholars and performers who share their experiential knowledge. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781498505529 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Dance - India - History.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>GV1693.S53 2016 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>793.31954