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Acts of Authority/Acts of Resistance: Theater and Politics in Colonial and Postcolonial India
Nandi Bhatia
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Description for Acts of Authority/Acts of Resistance: Theater and Politics in Colonial and Postcolonial India
Hardcover. Bhatia argues that Indian theatre was a central force in the struggle against oppressive colonial and postcolonial structures, as it sought to undo various scheme of political and cultural power through engagement with subjects derived from mythology, history, and available colonial models such as Shakespeare. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; AN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 164 x 22. Weight in Grams: 472.
Despite its importance to literary and cultural texts of resistance, theater has been largely overlooked as a field of analysis in colonial and postcolonial studies. Acts of Authority/Acts of Resistance seeks to address that absence, as it uniquely views drama and performance as central to the practice of nationalism and anti-colonial resistance.
Nandi Bhatia argues that Indian theater was a significant force in the struggle against oppressive colonial and postcolonial structures, as it sought to undo various schemes of political and cultural power through its engagement with subjects derived from mythology, history, and available colonial models such as Shakespeare. ... Read more
Despite its importance to literary and cultural texts of resistance, theater has been largely overlooked as a field of analysis in colonial and postcolonial studies. Acts of Authority/Acts of Resistance seeks to address that absence, as it uniquely views drama and performance as central to the practice of nationalism and anti-colonial resistance.
Nandi Bhatia argues that Indian theater was a significant force in the struggle against oppressive colonial and postcolonial structures, as it sought to undo various schemes of political and cultural power through its engagement with subjects derived from mythology, history, and available colonial models such as Shakespeare. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
216
Place of Publication
Ann Arbor, United States
ISBN
9780472112630
SKU
V9780472112630
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About Nandi Bhatia
Nandi Bhatia is Associate Professor of English at the University of Western Ontario.
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