Table of Contents

1. Setting the Scene: Theorising Indian Dance in Post/Coloniality

2. Keeping Time: Constructions and Performances of Historical Narrative

3. Covering Space: Mobility, Transnationalism, Ethnicity

4. Playing Roles: Postcolonial Performances of Gender

5. Marking the Stage: Finding the Religious, Spiritual and Secular in Indian Classical Dance

6. Conclusion

About the Author

Sitara Thobani received her PhD in Cultural Anthropology from the University of Oxford, UK. She has lectured at Simon Fraser University, Canada, and at the University of British Columbia, Canada