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DESCRIPTION:Impersonation\,\nor the donning of a gender guise (vesam)\,\nis
  ubiquitous to the South Indian dance form of Kuchipudi.&nbsp\;\nFor gener
 ations\, hereditary brahmin men from the Kuchipudi village in Telugu South
  India have\nbeen donning a stri-vesam (woman’s guise)\, to enact female\n
 characters in dance dramas featuring Hindu religious themes. Drawing on\ne
 thnographic fieldwork in South India\, the talk outlines analyzes the peri
 ls of\nbrahmin masculinity in the Kuchipudi village and in transnational K
 uchipudi dance.&nbsp\;&nbsp\;For more information\, please contact Emera B
 ridger Wilson (elbridge@syr.edu).&nbsp\;Sponsoring Department: South Asia 
 Center\, Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs
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SUMMARY:Constructing Artifice: Impersonation and the Perils of Brahmin Masc
 ulinity-SAC
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Impersonation\,\nor the donning of a gender
  guise (<em>vesam</em>)\,\nis ubiquitous to the South Indian dance form of
  Kuchipudi.&nbsp\;\nFor generations\, hereditary brahmin men from the Kuch
 ipudi village in Telugu South India have\nbeen donning a <em>stri-vesam</e
 m> (woman’s guise)\, to enact female\ncharacters in dance dramas featuring
  Hindu religious themes. Drawing on\nethnographic fieldwork in South India
 \, the talk outlines analyzes the perils of\nbrahmin masculinity in the Ku
 chipudi village and in transnational Kuchipudi dance.&nbsp\;&nbsp\;</p><p>
 For more information\, please contact Emera Bridger Wilson (elbridge@syr.e
 du).&nbsp\;</p><p>Sponsoring Department: South Asia Center\, Moynihan Inst
 itute of Global Affairs</p>
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