UID:
almahu_9949386085402882
Format:
1 online resource
ISBN:
9781000068993
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1000068994
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9780429261954
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0429261950
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1000068919
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9781000068955
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1000068951
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9781000068917
Series Statement:
Routledge advances in theatre and performance studies
Content:
This book is the first of its kind offering a materialistic semiotic analysis of a non-Western theatre culture: Bengali group theatre. Arnab Banerji fills two lacunas in contemporary theatre scholarship. First, the materialist semiotic approach to studying a non-Western theatre event allows Banerji to critically examine the material conditions in which theatre is created and seen outside the Euro-American context. And second, by shifting the critical lens onto a contemporary urban theatre phenomenon from India, the book attempts to even out the scholastic imbalance in Indian theatre scholarship which has largely focused on folk and classical traditions. The book shows a refreshing new perspective toward a theatre culture that frequently escapes the critical lens in spite of being one of the largest urban theatre cultures in the world. Theatre events are a sum total of the conditions in which they are built and the conditions in which they are viewed. Studying the event separate from its materialistic beginnings and semiotic effects allow only a partial insight into the performance phenomenon. The materialist semiotic critical framework of this book locates the Bengali group theatre within its performative context and offers a heretoforeunexplored insight into this vibrant theatre culture.
Note:
Setting the Stage: An Introduction -- The City and its Theatre. The City of Kolkata -- The Evolution of the Bengali Group Theatre -- The Material Conditions of Bengali Group Theatre. Can you Train to be a Labor: Training in and for the Bengali Group Theatre -- No Space to Call Home -- In the Corridors of Shastri Bhavan -- Funding Theatre in Kolkata -- From the Page to the Stage -- organization and rehearsal in Bengali Group Theatre -- Case Studies. Rang-Roop: Good ol' Bengali Group Theatre -- Revolution Through Play: The Theatre of Theatre Formation Paribartak -- The Materialist Semiotics of Bengali Group Theatre -- Some Concluding Thoughts.
Additional Edition:
Print version: ISBN 9780367205133
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0367205130
Language:
English
Keywords:
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DOI:
10.4324/9780429261954
URL:
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9780429261954
