| Description |
1 online resource (vii, 268 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Introduction -- "To confine the illimitable": visual and verbal narratives in two Bengali retellings of Shakespeare -- Urban histories and vernacular Shakespeares in Bengal: Kolkatar Hamlet, Hemlat and Hamlet 2011 -- Shakespeare and the Re/vision of Indian heritage in the postcolonial British context -- Indian Shakespeare in the world Shakespeare festival -- The Othello-figure in three Indian films: Kaliyattam, Omkara, and Saptapadi -- Shakespeareana to Shakespeare Wallah: Selling or doing Shakespeare in India -- Mapping Shakespearean translations in Indian literatures -- "Murmuring Your Praise": Shakespearean echoes in early Bengali drama -- A future without Shakespeare -- Does Shakespeare's text even matter? -- Utpal Dutt and Macbeth translated -- Tagore and Shakespeare: A fraught relationship -- Mapping Shakespeare and Kalidasa: early Indian translations |
| Summary |
"An adaptation of Shakespeare's plays as a basis of critical exploration of identity formation in India. Even while a conscious dismantling of colonization was happening since the 19th century, the Indian literati, intellectuals, scholars and dramaturges were engaged in deconstructing the ultimate icon of colonial presence--Shakespeare. This book delves into what constitutes Indianness in the postcolonial context by looking into the text and sub-text of the Bard of Avon's plays adapted in visual culture, translation, stage performance and cinema. The book is an important intervention in the ongoing explorations in social and cultural history, as it explores how Shakespeare has impacted the emergence of regional identities around questions of language and linguistic empowerment in various ways. It reveals an extraordinary negotiation of colonial and postcolonial identity issues--be it in language, in social and cultural practices or in art forms"--Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Stage history -- India
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Appreciation -- India
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| SUBJECT |
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 fast |
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English drama -- Appreciation -- India
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Theater -- India -- History
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Theater -- General.
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Art appreciation
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English drama -- Appreciation
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Theater
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India
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Panja, Shormishtha, editor.
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Saraf, Babli Moitra, editor.
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| ISBN |
9789351509752 |
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9351509753 |
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