Balasaraswati : her art and life /

Balasaraswati : her art and life /

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Author / Creator:Knight, Douglas M., Jr.
Imprint:Middletown, Conn. : Wesleyan University Press, c2010.
Description:xxii, 325 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Language:English
Subject:
Balasaraswati.
Balasaraswati.
Dancers -- India -- Biography.
Dancers.
India.
Biographies
Biography.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8156134
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ISBN:9780819569066 (cloth : alk. paper)
0819569062 (cloth : alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p.[297]-306) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • List of Illustrations
  • Notes on Translation, Transliteration, and Dates
  • Preface
  • Chapter 1. From the Heart of the Tradition
  • Chapter 2. Madman at the Gate, 1918-1927
  • Chapter 3. Renaissance, 1927-1936
  • Chapter 4. Reconstruction, 1936-1947
  • Chapter 5. Dancing for Murugan, 1947-1961
  • Chapter 6. On the Back of a Peacock, 1961-1972
  • Chapter 7. "Something Great and Grand," 1972-1984
  • Acknowledgments
  • Appendix: Select Biographies
  • Notes
  • Glossary
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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