Living History, Performing Memory: Devadāsī Women in Telugu-Speaking South India

Dance Research Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 30-49

  Soneji, Davesh ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 60249093788     PISSN: 01497677     EISSN: 1940509X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/20444590     Document Type: Article

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