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Yes, you can access Mimetic Desires by Harshita Mruthinti Kamath, Pamela Lothspeich, Harshita Mruthinti Kamath,Pamela Lothspeich in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Media & Performing Arts & Theatre. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

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Publisher

University of Hawaii Press

Year

2022

eBook ISBN

9780824894108

Edition

Topic

Media & Performing Arts

Subtopic

Theatre

CONTENTS
A NOTE ON TRANSLITERATION
LIST OF FIGURES
Introduction
CHAPTER 1 Public Impersonators GENDER, CASTE, AND SOCIAL ONTOLOGY IN THE MARATHI VERNACULAR MOMENT
CHAPTER 2 Racial Impressions, Capital Characters DAVE CARSON BROWNFACES THE EMPIRE
CHAPTER 3 Remembering the Hunterwali’s Whip THE GHOSTS OF FEARLESS NADIA AND HER MANY GUISES
CHAPTER 4 In Gandhi’s Guise
CHAPTER 5 Playing the Yogi THE MAKING OF SWAMI BABA RAMDEV
CHAPTER 6 The Freedom to Dance PERFORMANCE AND IMPERSONATION IN LAGAN
CHAPTER 7 Mediatizing “Fake” Khwaja Siras THE LIMITS OF IMPERSONATION
CHAPTER 8 “We Are Better than the Women” UNDERSTANDING THE POPULARITY OF FEMALE ARTISTS IN KERALA
CHAPTER 9 Cosplay, Fandom, and the Fashioning of Identities at Comic Con India
CHAPTER 10 Possessed Impersonation DIVINE MIMESIS IN MALABAR
CHAPTER 11 Divine Embodiment in the Theatre of Ramlila
CHAPTER 12 Resisting Brahminical Patriarchy in Kuchipudi Dance THE STORY OF HALEEM KHAN
CONTRIBUTORS
INDEX

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