A Different Kind of Flesh: Public Obscenity, Globalisation and the Mumbai Dance Bar Ban

A Different Kind of Flesh: Public Obscenity, Globalisation and the Mumbai Dance Bar Ban

Why did Mumbai's famous dance bars have to close in 2005? This paper analyses the ban and its aftermath in terms of (1) a colonial and post-colonial genealogy of the regulation of allegedly obscene public performances in India and (2) the provocative location of the dance bars vis-à-vis the cul...

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Published in:South Asia Vol. 38; no. 3; pp. 481 - 494
Main Author: Mazzarella, William
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Routledge 03-07-2015
Subjects:
Colonialism
dance bars
Ethnography
Genealogy
globalisation
Globalization
India
Law
Maharashtra
Mumbai
Public obscenity
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Summary:Why did Mumbai's famous dance bars have to close in 2005? This paper analyses the ban and its aftermath in terms of (1) a colonial and post-colonial genealogy of the regulation of allegedly obscene public performances in India and (2) the provocative location of the dance bars vis-à-vis the cultural politics of consumerist globalisation. Combining a reading of arguments around the ban with first-hand ethnographic vignettes, the paper is a contribution to a critical analysis of the politics of publicity in India.
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ISSN:0085-6401
1479-0270
DOI:10.1080/00856401.2015.1049690