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020			_a9780195695052
020			_a0195695054
041			_aEnglish
082	0	4	_a792.095 _222 _bDAL
100	1		_aDalmia, Vasudha,
245	1	0	_aPoetics, plays, and performances : _bthe politics of modern Indian theatre / _cVasudha Dalmia.
260			_aNew Delhi ; _aOxford : _bOxford University Press, _c2008.
300			_axiii, 366 p. : _bill. ; _c22 cm.
500			_aOriginally published: 2006.
505			_tIn search of a national theatre. 'The national drama of the Hindus' : Harishchandra of Banaras and the 'classical' traditions in late-nineteenth-century India -- _tTwentieth-century projections of the past : Jayshankar Prasad and the new subjectivity -- _tNeither half nor whole : Mohan Rakesh and the modernist quest -- _tThe nation and its 'Folk'. Folk theatre and the search for an indigenous idiom : Brecht in India -- _tBrecht in Hindi : the poetics of response -- _t'To be more Brechtian is to be more Indian' : on the theatre of Habib Tanvir -- _tWhat is Indian? Encountering the other, accosting the self -- _t'I am a Hindu' : assertions and queries.
650		0	_aTheater
650		0	_aTheater
650		0	_aTheater and society
650		0	_aDrama
650		0	_aDrama
650		0	_aNationalism
942			_2ddc _cBOOKS
100	1		_d1947-
490			_aOxford India Paperbacks
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_aThis book addresses the political and aesthetic concerns of modern Indian theatre, tracing its genealogies, and looking in particular at its appropriation of folk theatre. Beginning with the plays of Bharatendu Harishchandra in the 1870s Banaras, the book moves forward to Jayashankar Prasad and Mohan Rakesh, landmark figures in the history of modern Indian theatre. In addition, it brings to light the intense urban interaction with folk theatre forms, their politicization in the 1940s and later again in the 1970s. Inspired by the urban interest in folk theatre and Brecht’s influence on theatre, the book throws light on ‘Brecht in Hindi’. Looking at the politics of the modern Indian theatre and the actions and reactions inspired by official policymaking in the capital of the nation and its international representation, this book maps the creative routes of some of the avant-garde women directors since the last decade of the twentieth century.
650		0	_zIndia.
650		0	_xPolitical aspects _zIndia.
650		0	_zIndia.
650		0	_xPolitical aspects _zIndia.
650		0	_xSocial aspects _zIndia.
650		0	_zIndia.
830		0	_aOxford India paperbacks
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