Plesna baština bharatanatjama i njezini suvremeni odjeci - primjer predstave OSTATCI / sjećanja

master's thesis

• Title (english): The dance legacy of Bharatanatyam and its contemporary reflections - through the performance REMAINS / recollections
• Author: Maja Drobac
• Mentor: Nevena Škrbić Alempijević (mentor)
• Mentor: Sanja Potkonjak (mentor)
• Committee member: Hrvoje Čargonja (predsjednik povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Nevena Škrbić Alempijević (član povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Sanja Potkonjak (član povjerenstva)
• Granter: University of Zagreb; Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences; (Department of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology); Zagreb
• Defense date and country: 2021-02-12, Croatia
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: HUMANISTIC SCIENCES; Ethnology and Anthropology; Ethnology

Abstract

Plesna baština bharatanatjama i njezini suvremeni odjeci kroz primjer predstave OSTATCI / sjećanja prilog su razjašnjavanju nepravde koja je kroz godine inzistiranja na kolektivnom sjećanju zasjenila jednu, ali i ne samo jednu, odista fascinantnu skupinu žena u Indiji. Rad istražuje povijesnu nepravdu nad životima drevnih devadasi plesačica i razloge zašto ih se povezuje sa suvremenim devadasi zajednicama te se sastoji od tri cjeline: (1) povijesnog pregleda devadasi zajednica, (2) njihove najbliže povijesti i sadašnjosti te (3) analize predstave OSTATCI / sjećanja koja je poslužila kao razlog za posezanjem za individualnim sjećanjima. Tekst je isprepleten intervjuima i osobnim bilješkama s terena koje daju osvrt na individualna promišljanja i sjećanja kako različitih autora znanstvenih tekstova, tako i direktnih sugovornika te dovode u pitanje dominantne i uvriježene naracije o devadasi ženama zasnovane na ideologijama krivo postavljenog društvenog diskursa o devadasi zajednicama.

Abstract (english)

The dance legacy of bharatanatyam and its contemporary reflections in the performance REMAINS / recollections are a contribution to clarifying the injustice that has thrown a shadow over one – even if it did not happen only to one – very fascinating group of women in India through years of forcing a collective memory. The work explores the historical injustice concerning the lives of ancient devadasi dancers and the reasons why they are connected to contemporary devadasi communities. It consists of three parts: (1) a historical overview of devadasi communities, (2) their most recent history and the present (3) an analysis of the performance REMAINS / recollections, that has served as a reason to research individual memories. The text intertwines interviews and personal notes from the field which give insight into individual thoughts and memories of various authors of scientific texts as well as people spoken to while conducting field research. They also question the dominant and ingrained narrations about the devadasi women, based on ideologies of the falsely posed social discourse about the devadasi communities.

• Keywords: devadasi žene; bharatanatjam; Indija; kolektivno sjećanje
• Keywords (english): devadasis; bharatanatyam; India; collective memory
• Language: croatian
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:131:200504
• Study programme: Title: Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology (double major); Study programme type: university; Study level: graduate; Academic / professional title: magistar/magistra etnologije i kulturne antropologije (magistar/magistra etnologije i kulturne antropologije)
• Type of resource: Text
• File origin: Born digital
• Access conditions: Access restricted to students and staff of home institution
• Created on: 2021-02-18 20:10:41