Ahalya Satkunaratnam

Gebundenes Buch

Moving Bodies, Navigating Conflict

Practicing Bharata Natyam in Colombo, Sri Lanka

Beschreibung

Moving Bodies, Navigating Conflict is a groundbreaking ethnographic examination of dance practice in Colombo, Sri Lanka, during the civil war (1983â 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 countryâ s war.

Autor

Ahalya Satkunaratnam is professor of arts and humanities at Quest University Canada located in the unceded territories of the Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish) peoples. A dancer and choreographer, she has performed across the United States, Canada, India, and Sri Lanka. Her creative work has been supported by the Canada Council for the Arts and the Illinois Arts Council.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wesleyan University Press
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. April 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 155mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 410g
• ISBN-13: 9780819578891
• ISBN-10: 0819578894
• Artikelnr.: 57749702