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" Acts of authority, acts of resistance : "
Nandi Bhatia
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BL
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706679
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b528868
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| Main Entry
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Bhatia, Nandi,1963-
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Acts of authority, acts of resistance : : theater and politics in colonial and postcolonial India /\ Nandi Bhatia
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Ann Arbor :: University of Michigan Press,, 2004
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vi, 206 pages ;; 24 cm
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0472112635
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: 9780472112630
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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| Contents
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The theoretical-historical context -- Censorship and the politics of nationalist drama -- Multiple mediations of 'Shakespeare' -- Performance and protest in the Indian People's Theatre Association -- Colonial history and postcolonial interventions : staging the 1857 mutiny as 'The great rebellion' in Utpal Dutt's Mahavidroha -- Bringing women's struggles to the streets in postcolonial India -- Appendix : A bill to empower the government to prohibit certain dramatic performances
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"One of the first Western studies of Indian theater to link the aesthetics and the politics of that theater, Acts of Authority/Acts of Resistance combines in-depth archival research with close readings of dramatic texts performed at critical moments in history. Each chapter amplifies its themes against the backdrop of specific social conditions as it examines particular dramatic productions, from The Indigo Mirror to adaptations of Shakespeare plays by Indian theater companies, illustrating the role of theater in bringing nationalist, anticolonial, and gendered struggles into the public sphere."--Jacket
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Protest movements-- India-- History
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Theater-- Political aspects-- India-- 19th century
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Theater-- India-- History-- 20th century
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Women in the theater-- India
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792.09540904
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PN2883.B43 2004
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