"Anna Morcom's Illicit Worlds of Indian Dance: Cultures of Exclusion is a much-needed addition to Indian dance studies as it shifts the focus to 'underground' dance cultures or 'low art' forms such as Nautanki, Lavani, bar dancing, and kothi performers (men performing as women)." -- Usha Iyer, South Asian Popular Culture. Illicit worlds of Indian dance: cultures of exclusion (Book, ) - A modern history of India's female and transgender dancers and the forces of in- clusion/exclusion that have shaped Indian performing arts. "Anna Morcom's Illicit Worlds of Indian Dance: Cultures of Exclusion is a much-needed addition to Indian dance studies as it shifts the focus to 'underground' dance cultures or 'low art' forms such as Nautanki, Lavani, bar dancing, and kothi performers (men performing as women)." — Usha Iyer, South Asian Popular Culture.
Illicit Worlds of Indian Dance Cultures of Exclusion Anna Morcom. A modern history of India's female and transgender dancers and the forces of inclusion/exclusion that have shaped Indian performing arts. Through the lens of dance, the author reveals much about gender, sexuality, and social status in India. "Anna Morcom's Illicit Worlds of Indian Dance: Cultures of Exclusion is a much-needed addition to Indian dance studies as it shifts the focus to 'underground' dance cultures or 'low art' forms such as Nautanki, Lavani, bar dancing, and kothi performers (men performing as women)." -- Usha Iyer, South Asian Popular Culture. In her historical on-the-ground study, Anna Morcom investigates the emergence of illicit worlds of dance in the shadow of India's official performing arts. She explores over a century of marginalisation of courtesans, dancing girls, bar girls and transgender performers, and describes their lives as they struggle with stigmatisation, derision.
"Anna Morcom's Illicit Worlds of Indian Dance: Cultures of Exclusion is a much-needed addition to Indian dance studies as it shifts the focus to 'underground' dance cultures or 'low art' forms such as Nautanki, Lavani, bar dancing, and kothi performers (men performing as women)." -- Usha Iyer, South Asian Popular Culture. ‘Anna Morcom’s breathtaking book, “Illicit Worlds of Indian Dance”, is based on extensive field interviews and archival research which lays bare the marginalisation and stigmatisation of traditional performers in stark contrast to social acceptance of upper-class, upper-caste women monopolising the classical performing arts and the film industry even as a Bollywood dance and fitness craze has swept middle-class India off its feet.’—S.N.M. Abdi, Gulf News, Illicit worlds of Indian dance: cultures of exclusion (Book, ) - A modern history of India's female and transgender dancers and the forces of in- clusion/exclusion that have shaped Indian performing arts.
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