Gender, religion, and modern Hindi drama
By: Diana Dimitrova.
Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Montréal
Language: eng
Number of pages: 149
ISBN-13: 9780773533646
Subjects: Hindi drama -- History and criticism; Theater -- India -- History -- 19th century; Theater -- India -- History -- 20th century; Hindu women in literature; Hinduism in literature; Théâtre hindi -- Histoire et critique; Théâtre -- Inde -- Histoire -- 19e siècle; Théâtre -- Inde -- Histoire -- 20e siècle; Hindoues dans la littérature; Hindouisme dans la littérature
Description: "In Gender, Religion and Modern Hindi Drama Dimitrova studies the representation of gender and religion in Hindi drama from its beginnings in the second half of the nineteenth century until the 1960s." "Dimitrova focuses on how different religious and mythological models pertaining to women have been reworked in Hindi drama and on whether the dramatists discussed present conservative of liberating Hindu images of the feminine."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references: p. [123]-142 and index.