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The Undoing Dance: You Will Be Seduced Completely

The Undoing Dance: You Will Be Seduced Completely

$38.00
Author:Srividya Natarajan
ISBN 13:9789386228895
Binding:Hardbound
Language:English
Year:2018
Subject:Anthropology and Sociology/Women Studies

About the Book

Kalyani comes from a lineage of famous devadasis, though there is no place for her talent in the Madras of newly independent India. The devadasis, once celebrated as artists, are shunned as 'prostitutes' in a modern country. In exchange for a comfortable life as the wife of a wealthy arts promoter, Kalyani has to keep her origins hidden and abandon her mother, Rajayi. When a Bharatanatyam dancer from the city sets out to record Rajayi's dance repertoire on film, the carefully wrapped-up past threatens to unravel.