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Bollywood Shakespeares (Reproducing Shakespeare: New Studies in Adaptation and Appropriation)
Craig Dionne
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Description for Bollywood Shakespeares (Reproducing Shakespeare: New Studies in Adaptation and Appropriation)
Hardcover. Here, essays use the latest theories in postcolonialism, globalization, and post-nationalism to explore how world cinema and theater respond to Bollywood's representation of Shakespeare. In this collection, Shakespeare is both part of an elite Western tradition and a window into a vibrant post-national identity founded by a global consumer culture. Editor(s): Dionne, Craig; Kapadia, Parmita. Series: Reproducing Shakespeare. Num Pages: 219 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; APFA; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 392.
Here, essays use the latest theories in postcolonialism, globalization, and post-nationalism to explore how world cinema and theater respond to Bollywood's representation of Shakespeare. In this collection, Shakespeare is both part of an elite Western tradition and a window into a vibrant post-national identity founded by a global consumer culture.
Here, essays use the latest theories in postcolonialism, globalization, and post-nationalism to explore how world cinema and theater respond to Bollywood's representation of Shakespeare. In this collection, Shakespeare is both part of an elite Western tradition and a window into a vibrant post-national identity founded by a global consumer culture.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
Series
Reproducing Shakespeare
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137386120
SKU
V9781137386120
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Ref
99-15
About Craig Dionne
Richard Allen, New York University, USA Paromita Chakravarti, Jadavpur University, India Brinda Charry, Keene State College, USA Rosa María García-Periago, University of Murcia, Spain Mike Heidenberg, Fashion Institute of Technology, USA Kendra Preston Leonard, independent scholar Gitanjali Shahani, San Francisco State University, USA Vikram Singh Thakur, Ambedkar University, India Poonam Trivedi, Indraprastha College, University of Delhi, India
Reviews for Bollywood Shakespeares (Reproducing Shakespeare: New Studies in Adaptation and Appropriation)
"Shakespeare came to India during the British empire on the project of the 'civilizing mission.' Bollywood Shakespeares compellingly brings to life appropriations and adaptations of Shakespeare as a window into hybrid, post-national identities emerging from a global consumer culture in India today. In a theoretically nuanced framing argument, Dionne and Kapadia explore the interface between Shakespeare's theatre and the global ... Read more