LEADER 04072nam 22007932 450 001 9910786569603321 005 20231023131243.0 010 $a1-139-85368-6 010 $a1-107-23391-7 010 $a1-139-84460-1 010 $a1-139-84105-X 010 $a1-283-94295-X 010 $a1-139-83986-1 010 $a1-139-84566-7 010 $a1-139-84224-2 010 $a0-511-68690-0 035 $a(CKB)2670000000309924 035 $a(EBL)1057479 035 $a(OCoLC)821869697 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000781846 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11419634 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000781846 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10734551 035 $a(PQKB)11280578 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9780511686900 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1057479 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1057479 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10643436 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL425545 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000309924 100 $a20100217h20132013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe performance of nationalism $eIndia, Pakistan, and the memory of partition /$fJisha Menon 210 1$aCambridge :$cCambridge University Press,$d2013. 210 4$aŠ2013 215 $a1 online resource (xii, 260 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 225 1 $aCambridge studies in modern theatre. 311 0 $a1-107-00010-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction -- Bordering on drama: the performance of politics and the politics of performance -- Ghatak's cinema and the discoherence of the Bengal partition -- The poetics and politics of accommodation -- Somatic texts and the gender of partition -- Kashmir: hospitality and the "unfinished business" of partition. 330 $aImagine the patriotic camaraderie of national day parades. How crucial is performance for the sustenance of the nation? The Performance of Nationalism considers the formation of the Indian and Pakistani nation, in the wake of the most violent chapter of its history: the partition of the subcontinent. In the process, Jisha Menon offers a fresh analysis of nationalism from the perspective of performance. Menon recuperates the manifold valences of 'mimesis' as aesthetic representation, as the constitution of a community of witnesses, and as the mimetic relationality that underlies the encounter between India and Pakistan. The particular performances considered here range from Wagah border ceremonies, to the partition theatre of Asghar Wajahat, Kirti Jain, M. K. Raina, and the cinema of Ritwik Ghatak and M. S. Sathyu. By pointing to the tropes of twins, doubles, and doppelgangers that suffuse these performances, this study troubles the idea of two insular, autonomous nation-states of India and Pakistan. In the process, Menon recovers mimetic modes of thinking that unsettle the reified categories of identity politics. 410 0$aCambridge studies in modern theatre. 606 $aIndic drama$y20th century$xHistory and criticism$9lat$2NLI 606 $aNationalism in literature$9lat$2NLI 606 $aPartition, Territorial, in literature$9lat$2NLI 606 $aMotion pictures, Indic$9lat$2NLI 606 $aNationalism in motion pictures$9lat$2NLI 607 $aIndia$xHistory$yPartition, 1947$xInfluence$9lat$2NLI 607 $aIndia$xIn literature$9lat$2NLI 607 $aPakistan$xIn literature$9lat$2NLI 607 $aIndia$xIn motion pictures$9lat$2NLI 607 $aPakistan$xIn motion pictures$9lat$2NLI 615 7$aIndic drama$xHistory and criticism. 615 7$aNationalism in literature. 615 7$aPartition, Territorial, in literature. 615 7$aMotion pictures, Indic. 615 7$aNationalism in motion pictures. 676 $a891/.1 700 $aMenon$b Jisha$f1972-$01513076 801 0$bUkCbUP 801 1$bUkCbUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910786569603321 996 $aThe performance of nationalism$93747318 997 $aUNINA