| Description |
1 online resource (413 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Plates; Preface and Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part One: Theatre; Section I: Phases of Evolution; 1. Vishnudas Bhave's Stylised Mythologicals (1843); 2. Prose Plays: Reinventing and Founding Traditions (c. 1860); 3. B.P. Kirloskar's Musical Plays (1880); 4. New Paradigms of Social Realism (1930s); Section II: Plays and Playwrights; 5. The Kirloskar Trio: Deval, Kolhatkar, Gadkari; 6. 'Natyacharya' Khadilkar: Ideology and Entertainment; 7. Selected Renowned Playwrights; Section III: Theatrescapes |
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8. Major Theatre Companies9. The Theatre World; Section IV: Gender, Performance, and Discursive Interventions; 10. Enter Women: Pioneering Women Dramatists and Actresses; 11. Bal Gandharva: From Female Impersonator to Icon of New Womanhood; 12. Drama as a Mode of Discourse; Part Two: Cinema; Section V: Motion Pictures; 13. Silent Films and Talkies; 14. The Early Silver Stars; References; About the Author; Index |
| Summary |
"This book presents a lucid, comprehensive, and entertaining narrative of culture and society in late 19th- and early 20th-century Maharashtra through a perceptive study of its theatre and cinema. An intellectual tour de force, it will be invaluable to scholars and researchers of modern Indian history, theatre and film studies, cultural studies, sociology, gender studies as well as the interested general reader."--Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 375-388) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Theater -- India -- Maharashtra -- History -- 19th century
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Theater -- General.
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Theater
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India -- Maharashtra
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India.
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781351565905 |
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1351565907 |
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