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

• Pubblicazione: Los Angeles, [California] : , : Sage, , 2016; 2016
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (218 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 792.9/50954
• Soggetto topico: English drama - Appreciation - India; Theater - India - History
• Soggetto non controllato: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616; English Drama; Theater; Performing Arts; Literary Criticism
• Persona (resp. second.): PanjaShormishtha; SarafBabli Moitra
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Performing Shakespeare in India
• ISBN: 93-5150-975-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910798407503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II