Moving Bodies, Navigating Conflict is a groundbreaking ethnographic examination of dance practice in Colombo, Sri Lanka, during the civil war (1983-2009). It is the first book of scholarship on bharata natyam (a classical dance originating in India) in Sri Lanka, and the first on the role of dance in the country's war. Focusing on women dancers, Ahalya Satkunaratnam shows how they navigated conditions of conflict and a neoliberal, global economy, resisted nationalism and militarism, and advocated for peace. Her interdisciplinary methodology combines historical analysis, methods of dance studies, and dance ethnography.

About the Author
Ahalya Satkunaratnam is professor of arts and humanities at Quest University in Squamish, British Columbia.


Book Information
ISBN 9780819578907
Author Ahalya Satkunaratnam
Format Paperback
Page Count 200
Imprint Wesleyan University Press
Publisher Wesleyan University Press