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Cultures of Exclusion: Illicit worlds of Indian dance – Pt 2

WHN / February 12, 2014

  In today’s India, classical performers are counted amongst the respectable middle classes, and usually belong to upper castes. However, before modern reforms, being married and performing in public or in front of men were entirely mutually exclusive social roles…

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