Impersonations

• Váldodahkki: Mruthinti Kamath, Harshita (auth)
• Materiálatiipa: Elektrovnnalaš Girjji oassi
• Giella: eaŋgalasgiella
• Almmustuhtton: University of California Press 2019
• Fáttát: Religion: general; Asian history; Anthropology; Religion; Antiquities & Archaeology; History; Asia; General; Social Science
• Liŋkkat: OAPEN Library: download the publication; OAPEN Library: description of the publication

Drawing on multisited ethnographic fieldwork and performance analysis, this book centers on an insular community of Smarta brahmin men from the Kuchipudi village in Telugu-speaking South India, who are required to don strī-vēṣam (woman's guise) and impersonate female characters from Hindu re...