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The movement of Mohiniyattam dance is a rich semeiotic system that
is inclusive of controversy, embodied gender ideals, and cultural
information. The historical and cultural conditions that enabled
the emergence of Mohiniyattam as the epitome of "lasya"
("feminine") unfolded out of a specific historical and cultural
moment. Tradition and Transformation in Mohiniyattam Dance: An
Ethnographic History demonstrates how Mohiniyattam, a form
previously stigmatized, was reinvented as a Sign of traditional
Keralite Womanhood. The book traces how the emergence of
Mohiniyattam as a traditional form of dance based on a feminine
aesthetic was synchronistic with the outlawing of polyandrous
marriage practices and devadasi practices as well as changes in
matrilineal inheritance the outlawing of and reforms in women's
dress customs in Kerala, India. These layers of history and
cultural meaning permitted Mohiniyattam's renaissance as a Sign of
female grace and tradition. Throughout, the author argues that
practicing and learning movement is a gateway to understanding a
system of semiosis. Danced movement itself can be a locust, a
bell-weather, and even an agent of social change.
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