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Unfinished Gestures

Devadasis, Memory, and Modernity in South India

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Unfinished Gestures presents the social and cultural history of courtesans in South India who are generally called devadasis, focusing on their encounters with colonial modernity in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Following a hundred years of vociferous social reform, including a 1947 law that criminalized their lifestyles, the women in devadasi communities contend with severe social stigma and economic and cultural disenfranchisement.

Adroitly combining ethnographic fieldwork with historical research, Davesh Soneji provides a comprehensive portrait of these marginalized women and unsettles received ideas about relations among them, the aesthetic roots of their performances, and the political efficacy of social reform in their communities.

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Author: Davesh Soneji
Year: 2012
Price: Rs. 750
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 328
Dimensions: 8.5 in x 5.5 in
Publisher: Permanent Black
Sales Restriction: Sale In SAARC Countries Only.
ISBN 13: 9788178243542

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