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Author Bhatia, Nandi, 1963-

Title Acts of authority, acts of resistance : theater and politics in colonial and postcolonial India / Nandi Bhatia
Published Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2004

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Description 1 online resource (vi, 206 pages)
Contents 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
Summary Explores the relationship between nationalism, colonialism, and the politics of theater in colonial and postcolonial India
Analysis "Multi-User"
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL
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Subject Women in the theater -- India
Protest movements -- Taiwan -- History
Theater -- India -- History -- 20th century
Theater -- Political aspects -- India -- 19th century
Protest movements -- India -- History
PERFORMING ARTS -- Theater -- History & Criticism.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies -- General.
Protest movements
Theater
Theater -- Political aspects
Women in the theater
Toneel.
Politieke aspecten.
Postkolonialisme.
Histoire.
Théâtre (Spectacle)
Aspect politique.
Contestation.
Femme.
19e siècle.
20e siècle.
Colonialisme.
Postcolonialisme.
Taiwan
India
Inde.
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2003021623
ISBN 9780472024629
0472024620
1282591444
9781282591448
9786612591440
6612591447