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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 206 pages ; 24 cm
Contents Machine derived contents note: \\rrhp \\ -- \\lrrh: Contents \\ -- \\1h\\ Contents \\xt\\ -- \\comp: add page numbers on page proofs\\ -- Chapter 1. Introduction: The Theoretical-Historical Context -- Chapter 2. Censorship and the Politics of Nationalist Drama -- Chapter 3. Multiple Mediations of "Shakespeare" -- Chapter 4. Performance and Protest in the Indian People's Theatre Association -- Chapter 5. Colonial History and Postcolonial Interventions: Staging the 1857 Mutiny as "The -- Great Rebellion" in Utpal Dutt's Mahavidroh -- Epilogue: Bringing Women's Struggles to the Streets in Postcolonial India -- Appendix: A Bill to Empower the Government to Prohibit Certain Dramatic Performances -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
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Notes Formerly CIP. Uk
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-187) and index
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Subject Theater -- Political aspects -- India -- History -- 19th century.
Theater -- India -- History -- 20th century.
Theater -- Political aspects -- India -- 19th century.
Protest movements -- India -- History.
Women in the theater -- India.
Genre/Form History.
LC no. 2003021623
ISBN 0472112635 cloth alkaline paper