Indian women performers in search of an identity Dutt, Bishnupriya creator Munsi, Urmimala Sarkar text New Delhi SAGE Publications 2010 monographic xx305p.: b&w photos 25cm (Hb) Actresses of the colonial space: English actresses in India (1789-1842) -- Locating a new space and identity: coming of the Indian actresses (1872-1910) -- The people's actress: a journey to modernity -- Actresses in the jatra space -- Natyasastra: emerging (gender) codes and the woman dancer -- The body and the woman dancer: what she is, or what she is expected to be -- Emergence of the contemporary woman dancer: contribution of Tagore, Shankar, and Ipta -- Tale of the professional woman dancer in folk traditions in India: commodification of dance and the traditional dancing women. Bishnupriya Dutt [and] Urmimala Sarkar Munsi Includes bibliographical references and index. Women in the theater India Dance Social aspects India Theater and society India Women dancers India 792.028082 9788132104568 ENG-101446 B-428344-347 DBAD/PUB Researchco Book Centre 20100603113836.0