Donovan Roebert

Western Texts on Indian Dance (eBook, ePUB)

An Illustrated Guide from 1298 to 1930

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This unique work is an annotated collection and collation of Western writing on Indian dance from the period of Marco Polo's travels to India to the formulation of the anti-devadasi bill in 1930, and a little beyond. The book reproduces more than 250 extracts from important texts, which provide examples of how dance in India was perceived as an art, as well its position in the broader cultural, religious, social, and ethical environment. Though some excerpts from these texts are cited in other writings on Indian dance history, there is no other available work that reproduces such a large number of historical writings on Indian dance and places them in a fluid historical context.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 558
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Juli 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000609660
• Artikelnr.: 63998725

Autorenporträt

Donovan Roebert is an artist and writer whose artworks are sold internationally. He has published works on Buddhism, inter-religious dialogue, and Indian dance, as well as a play and four novels. Roebert is an independent researcher into pictorial and textual data for the history of dance in India. He has written articles for various journals and other print media and hosts the blog Aspects of Pictorial Indian Dance History, where he has published more than 50 essays on historical pictorial items relating to Indian dance.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Prelude: 1298
1711 2. Sightings, Viewings, Explications, and Opinions: 1770
1830 3. Writings from the Bengal Presidency: 1813
1837 4. The Decade of Encounter: 1830
1840 5. The Beginnings of the Repetitive Narrative: 1840
1850 6. Beautiful Bodies, Graceful Dances, Moral Dilemmas: 1855
1860 7. Getting to Grips with the Bayadère: 1860
1870 8. A Royal Performance and Other Perceptions: 1870
1880 9. A Slowly Brewing Storm: 1880
1890 10. A Detour to the Ethnic Exhibitions and Shows: 1880s
1920s 11. Dancing in India in the Storm of Reform: 1890
1900 12. Loathing, Examination, Analysis, and Appreciation: 1900
1910 13. A Decade of Contradiction and Appropriation: 1910
1920 14. The Beginning of the End: 1920
1930