Soneji, Devesh. <br/><br/>
Unfinished gestures :  devadāsīs, memory, and modernity in South India / 
Davesh Soneji. 
 - Ranikhet ;  Permanent black,  2012. 
 - xiii, 313 p. ;  24 cm. 
 - South Asia across the disciplines .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-295) and index. 
<br/><br/>On historical, social, and aesthetic borderlands -- Producing dance in colonial Tanjore -- Whatever happened to the South Indian nautch?: toward a cultural history of  salon dance in Madras -- Subterfuges of  "respectable" citizenship: marriage and masculinity in the discourse of devadāsā reform -- Historical traces and unfinished subjectivity: remembering devadāsā dance at Viralimalai -- Performing untenable pasts: aesthetics and selfhood in coastal Andhra Pradesh -- Coda: gesturing to devadāsā pasts in today's Chennai. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9788178243542 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Devadāsīs--India, South.<br/>Devadāsīs--Social conditions.--India, South<br/>Dance--Social aspects--India, South.<br/>Prostitution--India, South.<br/>Social change--India, South.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>306.694538082 SON