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Mimetic desires : impersonation and guising across South Asia by Chaya Chandrasekhar; Aniruddha Dutta; Rich Freeman; Janice Glowski; Kellen Hoxworth; Harshita Mruthinti Kamath; Sailaja Krishnamurti; Pamela Lothspeich; Shehzad Nadeem; Christian Lee Novetzke is a performing arts available to read on EtoBox.
What is Mimetic desires : impersonation and guising across South Asia about?
<p>Through an exploration of subjects such as Gandhi impersonators, performance artists, and ritual participants, <i>Mimetic Desires </i>makes an intervention toward understanding the phenomenon of impersonation and guising in South Asia and the world. This volume defines <i>impersonation</i> as the temporary assumption of an identity or guise in social and aesthetic performance that is perceived as not one’s own, and <i>guising</i> as sartorial and kinetic play more generally. Interrogating the
Who reads Mimetic desires : impersonation and guising across South Asia?
It is typically read by artists, cooks, musicians and hobbyists working from how-to references.
Common subject areas: arts, cooking, music, crafts.
- Author
- Chaya Chandrasekhar; Aniruddha Dutta; Rich Freeman; Janice Glowski; Kellen Hoxworth; Harshita Mruthinti Kamath; Sailaja Krishnamurti; Pamela Lothspeich; Shehzad Nadeem; Christian Lee Novetzke
- Publisher
- University of Hawaiʻi Press
- Published
- 2022
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780824894757
- Category
- performing arts
- Subjects
- Performing Arts, History, Art
- Updated
- 2026-03-25