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Record Nr.

UNINA9910780705303321

Autore

Bhatia Nandi <1963->

Titolo

Acts of authority, acts of resistance : theater and politics in colonial and postcolonial India / / Nandi Bhatia

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ann Arbor : , : University of Michigan Press, , c2004

ISBN

1-282-59144-4

9786612591440

0-472-02462-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (215 p.)

Disciplina

792/.0954/0904

Soggetti

Theater - India - History - 20th century

Theater - Political aspects - India - 19th century

Protest movements - India - History

Women in the theater - India

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 125-187) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; 1. Introduction: The Theoretical-Historical Context; 2. Censorship and the Politics of Nationalist Drama; 3. Multiple Mediations of ""Shakespeare""; 4. Performance and Protest in the Indian People's Theatre Association; 5. Colonial History and Postcolonial Interventions: Staging the 1857 Mutiny as ""The Great Rebellion"" in Utpal Dutt's Mahavidroha; Epilogue: Bringing Women's Struggles to the Streets in Postcolonial India; Appendix: A Bill to Empower the Government to Prohibit Certain Dramatic Performances; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Explores the relationship between nationalism, colonialism, and the politics of theater in colonial and postcolonial India