This unique work is an annotated collection and collation of Western writing on Indian dance from the period of Marco Polo’s travels to India to the formulation of the anti-devadasi bill in 1930, and a little beyond. The book reproduces more than 250 extracts from important texts, which provide examples of how dance in India was perceived as an art, as well its position in the broader cultural, religious, social, and ethical environment. Though some excerpts from these texts are cited in other writings on Indian dance history, there is no other available work that reproduces such a large number of historical writings on Indian dance and places them in a fluid historical context.
- ISBN13 9781000609653
- Publish Date 21 July 2022
- Publish Status Forthcoming
- Publish Country SG
- Imprint Pan Stanford Publishing Pte Ltd
- Format eBook
- Pages 300
- Language English