Theatre in colonial India
Subtitle: play-house of power
By: edited by Lata Singh.
Contributors: Singh, Lata.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New Delhi
Language: eng
Number of pages: 354
ISBN-13: 9780198060970
Subjects: Theater -- India -- History -- 19th century; Women in the theater -- India -- History
Other titles: Play-house of power; Theatre in colonial India
Description: "Theatre has been largely overlooked as a field of analysis on colonial studies. It was an important site of representation of dominant political forces and the counter hegemonic struggles during the colonial period. Arguing that theatre needs to be understood against the wider social, material and political backdrop, this volume provides an insightful analysis of theatre in colonial India. The book is divided into two sections. The first section deals with the politics of colonial theatre; theatre and modernity; intersecting domains of high and low culture and western and Indian genres; and theatre as a site of appropriation and contestation. The second part focuses on theatre's multifaceted relation to gender. In addition, the collection also discusses theatre's relation to music, musical genres, and cultural norms, and the radical force of performance."--Publisher description.
Notes: Contributed articles.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: section 1. Theatre : a contested site of modernity and appropriation; title: section 2. Theatre and gender : re-scribing patriarchy.