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Record Nr.

UNINA9910825022403321

Titolo

Performing Shakespeare in India : exploring indianness, literatures and cultures  / / edited by Shormishtha Panja, Babli Moitra Saraf

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Los Angeles, [California] : , : Sage, , 2016

2016

ISBN

93-5150-975-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (218 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

792.9/50954

Soggetti

English drama - Appreciation - India

Theater - India - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

An adaptation of Shakespeare's plays as a basis of critical exploration of identity formation in India. Even while a conscious dismantling of colonization was happening since the 19th century, the Indian literati, intellectuals, scholars and dramaturges were engaged in deconstructing the ultimate icon of colonial presence--Shakespeare. This book delves into what constitutes Indianness in the postcolonial context by looking into the text and sub-text of the Bard of Avon's plays adapted in visual culture, translation, stage performance and cinema. The book is an important intervention in the ongoing explorations in social and cultural history, as it explores how Shakespeare has impacted the emergence of regional identities around questions of language and linguistic empowerment in various ways. It reveals an extraordinary negotiation of colonial and postcolonial identity issues--be it in language, in social and cultural practices or in art forms.