The Courtesan Project and the Tawa’ifs’ Cultural Commons
The tawa’ifs were an elite class of performing community engaged in the production of dance, music, and poetry in the form of cultural commons in pre-colonial Lucknow and other princely states. There was a gradual decline in this community’s cultural commons throughout the 19th and 20th century. Whi...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Utrecht University Library Open Access Journals (Publishing Services)
2021-06-01
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| Series: | International Journal of the Commons |
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| Online Access: | https://www.thecommonsjournal.org/articles/1073 |