Locating the Tawa'if Courtesan-Dancer: Cinematic Constructions of Religion and Nation

The development of the Hindi/Urdu cinema is intimately connected to the history of artistic performance in India in two important ways. Not only did hereditary music and dance practitioners play key roles in building this cinema, representations of these performers and their practices have been, and...

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Main Author: Thobani, Sitara (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: University of Saskatchewan 2021
In: Journal of religion and popular culture
Year: 2021, Volume: 33, Issue: 3, Pages: 138-153
Further subjects:B Religious Nationalism
B nautch
B Urdu cinema / Hindi
B tawa'if
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