Moving bodies, navigating conflict: practicing bharata natyam in colombo, sri lanka
Auteur :
Satkunaratnam, Ahalya
Éditeur :
Wesleyan University Press
ISBN :
9780819578907
Date de publication :
7 avr. 2020
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 cm
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Moving Bodies, Navigating Conflict is a groundbreaking ethnographic examination of dance practice in Colombo, Sri Lanka, during the civil war (1983–2009). It is the first book of scholarship on bharata natyam (a classical dance originating in India) in Sri Lanka, and the first on the role of dance in the country’s war.