Play-house of power : theatre in colonial India

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Play-house of power : theatre in colonial India

edited by Lata Singh

Oxford University Press, 2009

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Theatre in colonial India

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Theatre has been largely overlooked as a field of analysis on colonial studies. It was an important site of representation of dominant political forces and the counter hegemonic struggles during the colonial period. Arguing that theatre needs to be understood against the wider social, material and political backdrop, this volume provides an insightful analysis of theatre in colonial India. The book is divided into two sections. The first section deals with the politics of colonial theatre; theatre and modernity; intersecting domains of high and low culture and western and Indian genres; and theatre as a site of appropriation and contestation. The second part focuses on theatre's multifaceted relation to gender. In addition, the collection also discusses theatre's relation to music, musical genres, and cultural norms, and the radical force of performance.

Table of Contents

  • SECTION I: THEATRE: A CONTESTED SITE OF MODERNITY AND APPROPRIATION
  • 1. The Heroine's Song in the Marathi Theatre between 1910 and 1920: its Code and its Public (Urmila Bhirdikar)
  • 2. Theatre Songs: The Alter Ego of the 19th century Bengali stage (Devajit Bandyopadhyay)
  • 3. Legacies of Discourse: Special Drama and its History (Susan Seizer)
  • 4. Ushering Changes: Constructing the History of Tamil Theatre During Colonial times through Drama Notices (Mangai A. and V. Arasu)
  • 5. Some Issues In Conceptualising Popular Culture: The Case of the Lavani and Powada in Maharashtra (Sharmila Rege)
  • 6. Foreign origins/native destinations: Shakespeare and the Logic of Vernacular Public Stage (Javed Mallick)
  • SECTION II: THEATRE AND GENDER: RE-SCRIBING PATRIARCHY
  • 7. Excluding the Petty and Grotesque: Depicting Women in Early Twentieth Century Marathi Theatre (Sudhanva Deshpande)
  • 8. Reading Premchand's "The Actress" (Nandi Bhatia)
  • 9. Jester and Gender in Manipuri Theatre Tradition During the Colonial Era (1891-1947) Manipur (KSH. Imokanta Singh)
  • 10. Kattaikkuttu Girls (Hanne M.de Bruin)
  • 11. Fore-Grounding the Actresses Question: Bengal and Maharashtra (Lata Singh)
  • 12. Changing Roles: Women in the People's Theatre Movement in Bengal (1942-1951) (Malini Bhattacharya)
  • 13. Historicizing Actress Stories: English Actresses in India (1789-1) (Bishnupriya Dutt)

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