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Mimetic Desires: Impersonation and Guising Across South Asia - Music and Performing Arts of Asia and the Pacific Christian Lee Novetzke
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Mimetic Desires: Impersonation and Guising Across South Asia - Music and Performing Arts of Asia and the Pacific
Christian Lee Novetzke
Through an exploration of subjects such as Gandhi impersonators, ‘God-men’, performance artists, and participants in ritual enactments of sacred stories through dance and theatre, this book makes an intervention toward understanding the phenomenon of impersonation and guising in South Asia and the world.
277 pages
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | November 30, 2022 |
| ISBN13 | 9780824892777 |
| Publishers | University of Hawai'i Press |
| Pages | 277 |
| Dimensions | 150 × 220 × 20 mm · 363 g |
| Language | English |
| Editor | Kamath, Harshita Mruthinti |
| Editor | Lothspeich, Pamela |
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