Contents

List of Figures and Maps

Preface

Acknowledgements

A Note on Citations, Diacriticals and Italics

1   Kathak Dance Today

2   Colonialism and Nationalism

3   The Kathaks

4   In Search of an Ancient Kathak

5   Voices from the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries

6   Hereditary Performing Communities in North India

7   More Hereditary Performers: The Women

8   Nationalism and Revival: The Dance of the Kathaks

9   Classicization and Curriculum: Kathak Dance

10 Conclusion: A History of Kathak

Bibliography

Index