The Dancer's Voice

Performance and Womanhood in Transnational India

Rumya Sree Putcha

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Duke University Press
22 February 2023

Theory of music & musicology; Feminism & feminist theory

In The Dancer's Voice Rumya Sree Putcha theorizes how the Indian classical dancer performs the complex dynamics of transnational Indian womanhood. Putcha argues that the public persona of the Indian dancer has come to represent India in the global imagination-a representation that supports caste hierarchies and Hindu ethnonationalism, as well as white supremacist model minority narratives. Generations of Indian women have been encouraged to embody the archetype of the dancer, popularized through film cultures from the 1930s to the present. Through analyses of films, immigration and marriage laws, histories of caste and race, advertising campaigns, and her own family's heirlooms, photographs, and memories, Putcha reveals how women's citizenship is based on separating their voices from their bodies. In listening closely to and for the dancer's voice, she offers a new way to understand the intersections of body, voice, performance, caste, race, gender, and nation.

By: Rumya Sree Putcha
Imprint: Duke University Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
Weight: 318g
ISBN: 9781478019138
ISBN 10: 1478019131
Pages: 208
Publication Date: 22 February 2023
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Note on Transliteration and Language ix Prologue xi Introduction 1 1. Womanhood 21 2. Caste 43 3. Citizenship 67 4. Silence 89 Epilogue 115 Acknowledgments 123 Glossary 129 Notes 133 Filmography 151 References 163 Index 181

Rumya Sree Putcha is Assistant Professor of Music and Women’s Studies at the University of Georgia.

Reviews for The Dancer's Voice: Performance and Womanhood in Transnational India

What is unique about Putcha's book is that it centres the desires and agency of the women dancers, rather than the cultural gatekeepers or the institutions that seek to control the art form. Her book also follows the figure of the dancer beyond the formal classical dance arenas to give us a more comprehensive idea of who the dancer becomes for multiple audiences. This is not an easy book to read, but it is an intriguing one. -- Tapoja Chaudhrui * International Examiner *