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Modern Indian theatre : a reader
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- Creator
- edited by Nandi Bhatia
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- Delhi ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2009
- Physical Details
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- xxxix, 487 pages ; 23 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780195685954, 0195685954
- OCLC
- ocn243546308
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Modern Indian theatre: an introduction / Nandi Bhatia -- Towards a genealogy of Indian theatre historiography / Rakesh H. Solomon -- A historiography of modern Indian theatre / Ananda Lal -- Reassembling the modern: an Indian theatre map since independence / Anuradha Kapur -- The critique of Western modernity in post-independence India / Aparna Bhargava Dharwadker -- Different Shakespeares: the bard in colonial/postcolonial India / Jyotsna Singh -- The nation staged: nationalist discourse in late 19th century Bengali theatre / Sudipto Chatterjee -- Popular theatre and the rise of nationalism in South India / S. Theodore Baskaran -- The Indian People's Theatre Association: a preliminary sketch of the movement and the organization, 1942-47 / Malini Bhattacharya -- The politics of translating Indian Dalit drama with special reference to Bali Adugal (scapegoats) / S. Armstrong -- Retreating into tribal mansions: race and religion in plays written by Parsi Zoroastrians in India / Nilufer E. Bharucha -- In search of women in history of Marathi theatre, 1843 to 1933 / Neera Adarkar -- Reform and revival: the Devadasi and her dance / Amrit Srinivasan -- "I am a Hindu": assertions and queries / Vasudha Dalmia -- In defence of the "theatre of roots" / Suresh Awasthi -- Enacting the life of Rama: classical traditions in contemporary religious folk theatre of Northern India / Lothar Lutze -- Reconstruction of legend in contemporary Panjabi drama in India / Pankaj K. Singh -- Indian drama in English: transcreation and the indigenous performance tradition / Christopher Balme -- Neo-Sanskritic and naturalistic Hindi drama / Diana Dimitrova -- Panjabi drama and theater / Atamjit Singh -- Encounter of the performing arts and the modern mass media / J.C. Mathur -- Drama on television / Kirti Jain -- A bill to empower the government of India to prohibit certain dramatic performances -- The stage / Rabindranath Tagore -- Proscenium-arch stage / Satya Prasad Barua -- National theatre / Bellary Raghava -- A national theatre wanted: a non-commercial theatre / Baldoon Dhingra -- Towards a national theatre / Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay -- Organisational principles / Indian people's Theatre Association -- In search of form / Utpal Dutt -- Contemporary Indian theatre and its relevance / Mahesh Dattani