Date of Award
Spring 5-5-2018
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
Anthropology
First Advisor
Jonathan H. Shannon
Second Advisor
Pallabi Chakravorty
Academic Program Adviser
Yukiko Koga
Abstract
Kathak, a classical Indian dance, is practiced in the US by hundreds of practitioners. Through ethnographic research, this study asks how nostalgia, authenticity, tradition, and gender meet in the collective Kathak memory, examining what the study and performance of the dance symbolizes within American contexts.
Recommended Citation
Muni, Anisha, "American Kathaks: Embodying Memory and Tradition in New Contexts" (2018). CUNY Academic Works.
https://academicworks.cuny.edu/hc_sas_etds/320