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'Unfinished Gestures' presents the social and cultural history of courtesans in South India, focusing on their encounters with colonial modernity in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
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1 edition- Other · English · 2011University of Chicago Press · 313 pages · 9780226768090
Social conditionsDanceDevadāsīsProstitutionSocial changeDancersDance, indiaProstitution, india