UID:
almahu_9949385907902882
Umfang:
1 online resource (213 pages)
ISBN:
9781000769647
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100076964X
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9780429320033
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0429320035
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9781000769722
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1000769720
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9781000769685
,
1000769682
Inhalt:
This book examines folk theatres of North India as a unique performative structure, a counter stream to the postulations of Sanskrit and Western realistic theatre. In focusing on their historical, social and cultural imprints, it explores how these theatres challenge the linearity of cultural history and subvert cultural hegemony. The book looks at diverse forms of theatre such as svangs, nautanki, tamasha, all with conventions like open performative space, free mingling of spectators and actors, flexibility in roles and genres, etc. It discusses the genesis, history and the independent trajectory of folk theatres; folk theatre and Sanskrit dramaturgy; cinematic legacy; and theatrical space as performance besides investigating causes, inter-relations within socio-cultural factors, and the performance principles underlying them. It shows how these theatres effectively contest delimitation of human creative impulses (as revealed in classical Sanskrit theatre) from structuring as also of normative impulses of religion and culture, while amalgamating influences from Western theatre, newly-rising religious reform movements of 19th century India, tantra and Bhakti. It further highlights their ability to adapt and reinvent themselves in accordance with spatial and temporal transformations to constitute an important anthropological layer of Indian society. Comprehensive and empirically rich, this book will be an essential read for scholars and researchers of cultural studies, theatre, film and performance studies, sociology, political studies, popular culture, and South Asian studies.
Anmerkung:
Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; List of figures; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Note on transliteration; Introduction: folk theatre: genesis, history and causes; 1 Folk theatre and Sanskrit dramaturgy; 2 Folk theatre and Western theatre; 3 Folk theatre: the cinematic legacy; 4 Folk theatrical space as performance; Conclusion; Glossary; Works cited; Index
Weitere Ausg.:
Print version: Singh, Karan. Folk Theatres of North India : Contestation, Amalgamation and Transference. Milton : Taylor & Francis Group, ©2019 ISBN 9780367334741
Sprache:
Englisch
Schlagwort(e):
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
URL:
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9780429320033
