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020			_a9781032233437 : _cRs.995.00 _qhbk
040			_aIDSK _beng _cIDSK
041			_aeng _heng
082	0		_223 _a305.420954 _bS61735s
100	1		_aSingh, Anita _eauthor _94264
245	1		_a Staging feminisms : _bgender, violence and performance in contemporary India / _cAnita Singh.
250			_aSouth Asia Edition.
260			_aLondon : _bRoutledge, _c2022.
300			_aix,191 p.: _bill. [black and white] ; _c22 cm.
504			_aIncludes references and index.
505			_a1. Introduction 2. Feminism and Folk Epic: Draupadi, Dharma, Performance, and Protest in Teejan Bai’s Pandavani episodes “Draupadi Vastraharan” and “Dushasan Vadh.” 3. Community Theatre: Performance as Radical Cultural Intervention in Sanjoy Ganguly’s “Sarama” and Shilpi Marwaha’s “Dastak.”4. Urban Proscenium Stage:Volatile Bodies, Celebratory Protests in Maya Krishna Rao’s “Walk” and Usha Ganguli’s “Hum Mukhatara.” 5. Conclusion
520			_aThis book questions how feminist beliefs are enacted within an artistic context. It critically examines the intersection of violence, gender, performance and power through contemporary interventionist performances. The volume explores a host of key themes like feminism and folk epic, community theatre, performance as radical cultural intervention, volatile bodies and celebratory protests. Through analysing performances of theatre stalwarts like Usha Ganguly, Maya Krishna Rao, Sanjoy Ganguly, Shilpi Marwaha and Teejan Bai, the volume discusses the complexities and contradictions of a feminist reading of contemporary performances. A major intervention in the field of feminism and performance, this book will be useful for scholars and researchers of gender studies, performance studies, theatre studies, women’s studies, cultural studies, sociology of gender and literature.
650		0	_2LCSH _aWomen in the theater _94265
650		0	_2LCSH _aSex role _94266
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