Documentary Theatre in India - Assembling Publics, Performing Politics

This unique volume presents the undocumented practices and histories of Documentary Theatre in India. Set against India's contested political landscape, where legal documents determine one's life, the contributors highlight the relevance of Documentary Theatre, challenging dominant concepts and offering new frameworks for understanding its cultural significance. Essays, conversations, and creative contributions from renowned scholars and artists from India and beyond are complemented with practical theatre exercises - making this volume a vital resource for academics and anyone interested in the potential of theatre. With contributions from YS Alone, Rustom Bharucha, Zuleikha Chaudhari, and others.

Zusammenfassung

This unique volume presents the undocumented practices and histories of Documentary Theatre in India. Set against India’s contested political landscape, where legal documents determine one’s life, the contributors highlight the relevance of Documentary Theatre, challenging dominant concepts and offering new frameworks for understanding its cultural significance. Essays, conversations, and creative contributions from renowned scholars and artists from India and beyond are complemented with practical theatre exercises – making this volume a vital resource for academics and anyone interested in the potential of theatre. With contributions from YS Alone, Rustom Bharucha, Zuleikha Chaudhari, and others.

Produktdetails

• Mitarbeit: Anuja Ghosalkar (Herausgeber), Tuchmann (Herausgeber), Kai Tuchmann (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: Transcript
• Sprache: Englisch, Deutsch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 01.06.2025
• EAN: 9783837677119
• ISBN: 978-3-8376-7711-9
• Seiten: 228
• Abmessung: 148 mm x 22 mm x 225 mm
• Gewicht: 378 g
• Illustration: 15 SW-Abb., 14 Farbabb.
• Serien: Theater; Theater 172
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geisteswissenschaften allgemein; Dance, EDUCATION / General, Education, Media Studies, Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, Cultural Studies, Theory of art, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, The arts: general issues, LITERARY CRITICISM / General, HISTORY / Asia / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Marketing / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, ART / General, Social interaction, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Management, EDUCATION / Research, EDUCATION / Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects, ART / Criticism & Theory, ART / Asian / General, ART / Business Aspects, EDUCATION / Organizations & Institutions, PERFORMING ARTS / Dance / General, History of art / art & design styles, The arts, auseinandersetzen, Management & management techniques, Literary studies: general, Philosophy & theory of education, Sales & marketing, Asian History, National liberation & independence, post-colonialism, Culture and institutions, Social processes, International migration and colonization, Literature (Belles-lettres) and rhetoric, History, geographic treatment, biography, Stage presentations, History of Asia