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Pages: 256
Pages: 256
Type: BOOK - Published: 1987 - Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass Publ.
In this book the author has first investigated the concept of the devadasi as found in the cultural history of South India, especialy in Tamil Nadu. Hereafter t
Language: en
Pages: 322
Pages: 322
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017 - Publisher: Gyan Books
The Title 'Devdasis in South India: A Journey from sacred to a Profane Spaces written by S. Jeevanandam, Rekha Pande' was published in the year 2017. The ISBN n
Language: en
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2007 - Publisher:
Biography of a Carnatic musician and folk theater actress from Karnataka.
Language: en
Pages: 406
Pages: 406
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-02-24 - Publisher: Random House India
Servants of the Goddess weaves together the heartbreaking, yet paradoxically life-affirming stories of five devadasis—women, in the clutches of an ancient fer
Language: en
Pages: 329
Pages: 329
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-01-15 - Publisher: University of Chicago Press
'Unfinished Gestures' presents the social and cultural history of courtesans in South India, focusing on their encounters with colonial modernity in the 19th an
