TY - BOOK AU - Dutt, Bishnupriya AU - Munsi, Urmimala Sarkar TI - Engendering performance: Indian women performers in search of an identity SN - 9788132104568 U1 - 792.028082 PY - 2010/// CY - New Delhi PB - SAGE Publications KW - Theater and society Women dancers Women in the theater India Dance--Social aspects N1 - THE STORY OF THE ACTRESS Actresses of the Colonial Space: English Actresses in India Locating a New Space and Identity: Coming of the Indian Actresses Locating a New Space and Identity: Coming of the Indian Actresses Actresses in the Jatra SpaceII: OF THE WOMAN DANCER Natyasastra: Emerging (Gender) Codes and the Woman Dancer The Body and the Woman Dancer: What She is, or What She is Expected to be Emergence of the Contemporary Woman Dancer: Contribution of Tagore, Shankar and IPTA Tale of the Professional Woman Dancer in Folk Traditions in India: Commodification of Dance and the Traditional Dancing WomenConclusion: In Conversation with Samik Bandyopadhyay ER -