| ID | 135826 |
| Title Proper | Nautch reclaimed |
| Other Title Information | women's performance practice in nineteenth-century north India |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Walker, Margaret E |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | The hereditary women performers of north India, called ‘nautch girls’ by the colonial British, and courtesans or tawa'ifs by today's scholars, played a central role in the performance of music and dance in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Substantial recent scholarship has focused on their songs, poems and cultural history; thus, this article addresses choreography, the missing part of their performance practice. Through a detailed examination of dance descriptions in nineteenth-century treatises and comparison of this material with colonial iconography and travel writings, I offer new research about nineteenth-century female performance, placing its practice in historical context and speculating about its evolution and change. |
| `In' analytical Note | South Asia : Journal of South Asian Studies Vol.37, No.4; Dec.2014: p.551-567 |
| Journal Source | South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies 2014-12 37, 4 |
| Standard Number | History |